Domestic dispute call leads to narcotics arrest

Published 3:53 pm Friday, May 10, 2024

A Vicksburg man was arrested Thursday after a call over a possible domestic dispute led to the discovery of narcotics.

According to information from the Vicksburg Police Department (VPD), 42-year-old Andre Cage was taken into custody just before 9 p.m. at the Howard Johnson Motel on Pemberton Square Boulevard after a call was placed to police to report a possible domestic disturbance. 

“Officers found a baggie containing a white powdery substance in his possession that proved to be cocaine,” VPD said. 

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Cage was charged with possession of cocaine and appeared Friday in Vicksburg Municipal Court, where Judge Penny Lawson set his bond at $25,000.

Cage was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury.