UPDATE: Greene County inmate recaptured
The Mississippi Department of Corrections, with the help of other authorities, captured an inmate who escaped from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville on Tuesday afternoon. Drew…
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43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab. Police say there is no serious danger
By JEFFREY COLLINS Updated 10:16 PM CST, November 7, 2024 Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected…
Pascagoula man charged with burglary, escape, other crimes
A Pascagoula man is in jail, charged in connection with a home burglary, escape and directing a juvenile to commit a crime. 19-year-old Arnell Finklea of Pascagoula is charged with residential burglary, felony escape, petit larceny and directing a juvenile…
Suspect arrested in Escatawpa burglary case escapes from deputies, caught again
A burglary suspect who escaped from Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies Tuesday morning is back in custody. Sheriff John Ledbetter says around 7:30 a.m., deputies responded to a burglary in progress near a storage unit business off Highway 613 in Escatawpa. …
4 prison guards in custody for allegedly helping 5 escape county jail
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — Four guards at a Mississippi prison face charges for allegedly helping five men escape over the weekend, authorities said. Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy McCoy confirmed the arrests of three men and one woman Wednesday but…
UPDATE: Escapee 'Pretty Boy Floyd' re-captured in Harrison County
The inmate who escaped from a Mississippi prison for the second time has been recaptured in Harrison County, the Department of Corrections posted to its social media site. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said in a press release that Michael…
Department: Mississippi inmate got medical care after escape
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — An inmate who escaped from a Mississippi prison received an ambulance ride to a hospital after telling someone he was bleeding because he had been in a motorcycle accident, a state Department of Corrections spokesman said…
Man convicted of two Coast murders escapes prison a second time
A manhunt is under way in Rankin County for escaped state inmate Michael Floyd Wilson. Wilson, 51, escaped the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility on Sunday, the Mississippi Department of Corrections posted on its Facebook page. The Rankin County Sheriff's Office…
Jackson County searching for suspect who escaped while at hospital
A shooting suspect who was being treated at Singing River Hospital escaped custody on Friday morning. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said Aceon Ja'shun Hopkins, 20, was being treated for a gunshot wound…
Escaped inmates from Poplarville jail back in custody
POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Two inmates were back behind bars Wednesday after escaping a Mississippi jail over the weekend. Authorities received a tip late Tuesday that Rodney Wayne Smith and Jonathan Theo Culpepper were hiding out in a home in…
Authorities searching for two inmates that escaped from a Pearl River County detention facility Sunday
The Pearl River County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's assistance to locate two inmates that escaped Sunday. Rodney Smith and Jonathan Culpepper are wanted by authorities after escaping from a Pearl River County detention facility in the early…
Inmate on release for Mississippi funeral is found in Ohio
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A man who was granted temporary release from a life prison sentence in Mississippi to attend a funeral in that state, but who overpowered his guards and escaped, was found hundreds of miles to the north…
Convicted killer escaped from Mississippi prison
Authorities say a convicted killer has escaped from prison in Mississippi. The state Department of Corrections says in a news release that 47-year-old Michael F. Wilson was found to be missing Thursday afternoon from South Mississippi Correctional Institution. The prison…
Felony Escape Arrest Jackson County
A Lucedale man who escaped from a Jackson County Sheriff's Patrol Car with the help of a confidential informant last month is now behind bars in Alabama. Charles Mott was arrested in mobile last night and is charged with felony…