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State law bans ‘spice, mo-jo’
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State lawmakers approved Senate Bill 2004, calling for a
statewide ban on synthetic marijuana, also known as “Spice” and other names. Passage came Friday during the special legislative
session. Walthall County recently passed an ordinance banning the
substance, as have other counties and cities around the state. The bill now goes to the governor for his signature. Among the bill’s provisions: •Penalties that mirror
those in the marijuana statute, including the section that says offenders can
be imprisoned up to three years and fined up to $3,000 for possession of an
ounce or less of marijuana. •Retailers must stop
selling “spice” and similar products, and have until Oct. 1 to get such
products back to distributors. |
Burglaries, thefts top sheriff’s reports
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Several burglaries and thefts were
reported to the county sheriff's office recently. •Kenneth Barnes, 91 Les Hammond Road, reported a house
burglary. He told sheriff’s officers a Toshiba laptop with the “L” key
missing and various sockets were missing. He said he and his family went to
church and returned to find the front door damaged and the items missing. •Walter Lampton, 38 Mt. Olive Road, reported a theft. He
said $30 was taken. •Reshonda Lawrence, 01 Hollis Jones Road, said she was
the victim of a burglary. A Sony play station with case, charger and three
games were taken along with a jar of change. •Charles Creel, pastor of Brockdale Apostolic Tabernacle
reported a burglary. He said $150 was taken from the building fund and $50
from the mission fund. He said the money was kept in a small closet at the
church located at 119 Brockdale road. •Alex Alton Boyd, 28 Jewell Thornhill Road, reported
eight gallons of gas taken on two occasions. •Sarah Martin, 117 South Patton, said she observed a
full size Ford or Chevrolet pickup run into the fence at Tylertown Country
Club damaging the chain link fence and wood fence. She said the truck left
the scene. •Arlen W. Patten, 948 Fordsville Road, reported
unauthorized transactions from two websites using his debit card. •Jason Williams, 300 Firetower, said a subject came to
his residence asking for rolling papers. He said the subject was wearing a
pair of his jeans, Red Monkey brand with a red, silver and orange dragon on
the right side. He said the subject was also wearing a green and white Sonic
jersey that belonged to him. •Nadine Provost Bedwell, 6514 Paxton, Vicksburg, said a
Roper washer and dryer, treadmill and antique Gibson guitar were taken from a
residence at 435 Dinan Salem Road. •Tim Willoughby, 85 Willoughby Road, Jayess, said
someone took a red Craftsman 42 inch deck mower. |
Sentenced in circuit court
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Recent sentences in circuit court
include: •Tharon Whitaker, charged with burglary of a building
and conspiracy, entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to seven years with
six years suspended for one year intensive supervised probation and five
years post release supervision. On count two he was sentenced to five years
with four years suspended for one year ISP and four years post release
supervision. Whitaker was fined $200 and ordered to testify truthfully if
called upon. He is also ordered to pay court costs. The sentence runs
concurrently. •Sherri Greer, charged with sale of at least two but
less than 10 dosage units of alprazolam, pled guilty to a reduced charge of
conspiracy to sell, was sentenced to five years with four years suspended and
one year intensive supervised probation followed by four years post release
supervision. She is to pay a $3,000 fine, restitution to the state crime lab,
$300 to Southwest Narcotics, court costs, $500 in court appointed attorney’s
fees, and to complete alcohol and drug treatment as recommended by Mississippi
Deptartment of Corrections. |
Man reported missing
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A 19-year-old Tylertown man has been
reported missing for over 72 hours, according to the Walthall Sheriff’s
office. LaJeremy Seabon, 201 Martin Luther
King Drive, has been missing since Friday when he got off work, according to
Rosalyn Seabon, his mother. When last seen, Seabon was wearing a
green jacket, regular blue jeans, black Nike shoes and a black do-rag. He is
a black male, 5 ft., 8 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. According to his mother, the
disappearance is unlike her son. |
Pike officials probe Walthall man’s death
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The death of a Walthall County man,
run over by a car as he was lying in the middle of Mount Hermon Road in
southeast Pike County Aug. 21, is
under investigation by Pike County sheriff’s officers. Shelton Brown, 54, 387 Smithburg
Road, Tylertown, was pronounced dead at the scene by Pike coroner, Percy
Pittman, about 10:45 p.m. The cause of death awaits an autopsy
report. It’s not known if Brown died before
the accident, or as a result of the accident. The driver of the vehicle that hit
Brown said he was coming out of a curve when he saw Brown’s body lying in the
road, too late to stop. The name of the driver is being withheld, and no
charges have been filed. |
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