A Warren County woman faces three counts of prescription fraud after she tried to pass forged prescriptions for the painkiller oxycodone at three pharmacies in Vicksburg, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said. He said Agnes Mercedes Warwick, 40, 111 Fleur de Lis Drive, was arrested Thursday on Halls Ferry Road. She is accused of using a prescription pad taken from a medical center in Jackson to write the prescriptions. He said deputies found several other forged prescriptions for oxycodone in her purse when she was arrested. She was released Friday on $15,000 bond. Pace said none of the prescriptions were filled, adding the crime was committed when Warwick, who is also known as “Amy,” wrote out the prescriptions. He said other charges and arrests might be possible in the case.

Two more arrested in yearlong drug sting

Two more Warren County residents have been arrested in a yearlong drug sting conducted by the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said Karie Calvary, 30, 1245 Mount Alban Road Lot 1, and Zane Key, 26, 521 Inglewood Drive, are the 14th and 15th people arrested in the probe. County and federal officers arrested 12 people in June and a 13th in July. All were accused of doctor shopping, or going to doctors with phony ailments to get painkillers. Pace said Calvary was arrested July 6 in Leland by U.S. Marshals. She is charged with five counts of obtaining a prescription by fraud and acquisition. She is being held in the Warren County Jail on $15,000 bond. Key is charged with one count of sale of Xanax, and one count conspiracy to sell a controlled substance. He turned himself in Friday afternoon at the sheriff’s department and was later released on $7,500 bond. The 13 others arrested are: • Colum Woodson, 32, 2625 Alma St. — five counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $10,000 bond • Teresa Burchfield, 52, 1865 Ring Road — four counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $8,000 • Dianna Hodges, 24, 187 Grange Hall Road — sale of a controlled substance (hydrocodone); $7,500 • Dawn Burroughs, 57, 1309 River Bend Cove — five counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $10,000 • Allison Launius, 30, 2649 Oak Ridge Road, Lot 1 — sale of a controlled substance (hydrocodone); $7,500 • Albert Benson, 60, 915 Locust St. — five counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $10,000 • Joel Wright, 56, 1216 Bonelli St. — five counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $10,000 • Tim Buford, 51, 5615 Jeff Davis Road — two counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $4,000 • Christine Hicks, 42, 1512 Ethel St. — five counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $10,000 • Minor Ray, 50, 801 Clay St., Apt. 3E — five counts of obtaining controlled substance by fraud; $10,000 • Chasty Moore, 22, 1245 Mount Alban Road, Lot 6 — one count of sale of Xanax, $7,500; one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, $1,500 • Sean Calvary, 31, 230 Clark Road — three counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud; no bond information available. • Riva Jones, 37, 902 Blossom Lane Apartment F1, five counts of obtaining a controlled substance, hydrocodone, by fraud; $10,000 bond. All but Sean Calvary have been released on bond.

Stolen property charge lands city man in jail

A Vicksburg man was charged Friday with possession of stolen property after police arrested him when tried to reclaim an item stolen in a May burglary at a local pawn shop, Vicksburg police Capt. Bobby Stewart said. He said Michael Thomas, 24, 102 Elm Lane, was arrested about 9:35 a.m. at USA Pawn Shop, 235 Warrenton Road, when he tried to reclaim an Apple iPad that had been reported stolen in the May 21 burglary of a house. Stewart said police recovered the iPad on June 26. He said Thomas was being held in the Warren County Jail on $5,000 bond.