VPD: 3 arrested for armed robbery

Published 7:34 pm Saturday, December 23, 2023

Three Georgia men were extradited back to Mississippi Thursday where they will now face charges in connection with the October robbery of a Vicksburg store.

According to information from the  Vicksburg Police Department, 59-year-old Darryl Maddox, of Athens, Ga., 41-year-old Royrecus Cunningham, of Lexington, Ga., and 60-year-old Derrick Watkins, also of Athens, each face a charge of armed robbery in connection with the robbery of Doc’s Wholesale, located at 1890 South Frontage Road in Vicksburg, on Oct. 20, 2023.

All three suspects appeared before Judge Randy Lewis in Warren County Justice Court Friday. Each of the three men had bond set at $500,000 and was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury.

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