Driver strikes child with car; gets $5,000 bond
Published 5:56 pm Friday, March 30, 2018
The driver of the car that struck a Dana Road Elementary School second-grader as she crossed the street after exiting the school bus Wednesday has been released on bond.
Vicksburg Police Sgt. Johnnie Edwards said Ditanun Demon Simpson, 30, has been released on a $5,000 bond following his initial appearance Friday morning.
Simpson is facing a felony charge of passing a school bus while unloading and misdemeanor charges of no driver’s license, no proof of insurance and reckless driving.
Simpson is accused of driving a Buick LeSabre southbound on Washington Street Wednesday afternoon and hitting the 9-year-old student as she crossed the street in front of Vicksburg Fire Station 7.
Witnesses and the bus driver reportedly told VPD that Simpson never came to a complete stop before hitting the child despite the school bus’s stop sign being out.
The student was taken by ambulance to River Region where she remained as of Thursday afternoon awaiting a specialist due to injuries sustained to her mouth.
The Vicksburg Police Department made the following arrests between Tuesday and Thursday:
• Clarence Dietzel Perkins Jr., 23, 824 Polk St., was arrested Tuesday at 1:54 a.m. at the intersection of Old Highway 27 and Clay Street for contempt of court
• Sampson Sugar Bunch, 26, 902 Blossom Lane G3, was arrested Tuesday at 1:44 a.m. at the intersection of Mission and Clay streets for public drunkenness and possession of contraband substance-cocaine
• Lewis Moore, 72, 103 Wabash, was arrested Tuesday at 2:39 a.m. at the intersection of First North and South streets on capias warrants served
• Larry Williams Jr., 33, 2428 Halls Ferry Road, was arrested Tuesday at 1:48 p.m. at the police department for disorderly conduct-failure to comply
• Eugene Charles Lewis, 31, 1950 Hope St. 8D, was arrested Tuesday at 3:32 p.m. at the police department for crime-other jurisdiction
• Hattie Marie Mixon, 27, 1220 Porspect St., was arrested Tuesday at 7:14 p.m. on Weems Street for improper lane usage and driver’s license expired or none
• Michelle Sharee Hicks-Henyard, 38, was arrested Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the police department for contempt of court
• Kacy Nichole Smith, 18, 2016 Skyfarm Ave., was arrested Wednesday a 12:29 p.m. at 1200 Mission 66 for two counts of simple assault with hands and fists
• Stephen Ray Jobe, 27, 412 Ridgewood Drive, was arrested Wednesday at 12:27 p.m. at 4207 East Clay Street for contempt of court and malicious mischief
• Alton Rashad Brown, 23, 207 Bellevue St., was arrested Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the police department on capias warrants
• Cassie Marie Moreland, 35, 114 Belva Drive, was arrested Wednesday at 4:39 p.m. at 114 Belva Drive on capias warrants
• Deaudra Michelle Snow, 25, 2727 Alcorn Drive, was arrested Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. at the police department on capias warrants
• Ditanun Demon Simpson, 30, 727 Dabney St., was arrested Wednesday at 3:20 p.m. on Washington St. for passing a school bus, no driver’s license, reckless driving and no proof of insurance.
• Darren Damon Hayes, 23, 137 Hayes Lane, Mount Olive, was arrested Thursday at 10:15 a.m. on Highway 61 South for suspicion of DUI-1st
• Justin Ray Ballard, 25, 102 Ballard Lane, was arrested Thursday at 8:07 p.m. on Fisher Ferry Road for possession/sale of methamphetamine
• Brian Daniel Jordan, 41, 385 Warrenton Road, was arrested Thursday at 7:31 p.m. at 4146 Washington St. for trespassing
• Walter Lyn Templeton, 48, was arrested Thursday at 11:06 p.m. at 2150 Iowa Blvd. for public drunkenness
Vicksburg Police answered the following calls between Tuesday and Thursday:
• 4:18 p.m., Property Damage in the 2000 Block of Washington St.
• 2:04 a.m., Malicious Mischief in the area of Drusilla Lane
• 7:23 p.m., Trespass in the 200 Block of 2nd Ave.
• 9:42 p.m., Petit Larceny in the 400 Block of Redbone Road
• 10:13 a.m., Simple Assault Creating Fear in the 1700 Block of Clay St.
• 11:01 a.m., Credit Card Fraud in the area of Fisher Ferry Road
• 12:30 p.m., Trespass in the 600 Block of Dorsey St.
• 1:18 p.m., Telecommunications Electronics in the 800 Block of Meadow St.
• 1:47 p.m., Lost Property Undetermined Theft in the 200 Block of Singing Hills Road
• 1:48 p.m., Disorderly Conduct at 820 Veto St.
• 3:23 p.m., Lost Property Undetermined Theft in the 200 Block of Singing Hills Road
• 8:44 p.m., Shoplifting in the 4600 block of Halls Ferry Road
• 4:04 p.m., Disturbance of a Business in the 4000 Block of Clay St.
• 4:21 p.m., Malicious Mischief in the 700 Block of Main St.
• 10:58 a.m. Petit Larceny in the 2600 Block of Pearl St.
• 11:26 a.m., Shoplifting in the 2300 Block of Iowa Blvd.
• 11:50 a.m., Malicious Mischief in the 1300 Block of Walnut St.
• 9:12 p.m., Simple Assault Bodily Injury in the 2600 Block of Halls Ferry Road