Crime reports: Vicksburg man arrested, faces multiple drug-related charges

Published 4:13 pm Friday, January 17, 2020

A Vicksburg man has been charged with multiple drug-related charges after being taken into custody by the Vicksburg Police Department’s NET Team Wednesday.

William Mayberry, 43, was taken into custody Wednesday at his home on Willow Drive. He was charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine, one count of possession of heroin and one count of sale of methamphetamine.

Mayberry made his initial appearance in Vicksburg Municipal Court Friday before Judge Angela Carpenter.

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He was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury on a $75,000 bond.

In other reports:

• Jacorvin Taylor, 29, of 1640 Cox St., Shreveport, La., was arrested for felony shoplifting Thursday.

His arrest is the result of an investigation into the theft of over $9,000 of merchandise from Dillard’s which occurred Wednesday.

Taylor had his initial appearance in Vicksburg Municipal Court Friday before Judge Angela Carpenter.

He was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury on a $30,000 bond.

• Walter Lee Hardy, 19, of 310 Skyview Lane, Vicksburg, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with one count of possession of a stolen firearm.

Hardy had his initial appearance in Vicksburg Municipal Court Friday before Judge Angela Carpenter. He was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury on a $2,500 bond.

• Joshua Moore, 28, 765 Hankinson Road, Vicksburg, turned himself in on a warrant for possession of methamphetamine Friday.

Moore had his initial appearance in Vicksburg Municipal Court Friday before Judge Angela Carpenter. He was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury on a $5,000 bond.

• Thursday, at around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of Churchill Drive in reference to a residential burglary. The resident reported a white gold 7 cluster ring, an Echo dot and a Michael Kors purse were missing.

• Thursday, at 10:58 p.m., officers responded to the block of 1300 Mundy Street in reference to shots fired. When the officers arrived on the scene they found no evidence of shots being fired.