Man hospitalized after being stabbed in assault

Published 9:53 am Thursday, March 17, 2016

A Vicksburg man was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds after he was attacked by two brothers early Monday morning in the 2300 block of Washington Street near Speed Street, Vicksburg police Capt. Sandra Williams said.

She said Lee Sherman Yates, 50, and Lee Edward Yates, both of Vicksburg, are charged with aggravated assault in the stabbing of Charles Scott, 37. She said Scott was taken to River Region Medical Center and later transferred to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, where he was in good condition, according to a hospital spokesman.

Municipal Judge Toni Terrett set the Yates brothers’ bail at $50,000 each and they were being held in the Warren County Jail.

Police had no motive for the assault, which remains under investigation.

Four arrested on warrants

Vicksburg police arrested four people on separate unrelated warrants from Vicksburg and other agencies, Vicksburg police Capt. Sandra Williams said.

Melissa Williams, 41, was arrested Sunday at a business in the 3400 block of Pemberton Square Boulevard on a warrant from Hinds County. The charge on the warrant was unkown.

Also on Sunday, Lawanda Brown, 30, was arrested in the 100 block of Alcorn Drive at 6:30 a.m. on a warrant issued by the Mississippi Department of Correction.

Shalonda Williams, no age given, was arrested at 11 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Locust and Main streets in a Vicksburg warrant charging her with forgery.

Police Thursday arrested Anthony Sims on an MDOC warrant at the police department, where he was being held on a charge of public drunk.

John Surratt