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Wendy’s Employee Charged with Murder in Co-Worker Stabbing

Pearl Police have charged Edward DeLawrence McWilliams, 42, of Richland, with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Herbert Redmond, 25, of Jackson, at the Wendy’s on Pearson Road Thursday night.   Officers responded to the restaurant just before 8:30 p.m. after a report of a fight between two employees in the kitchen area.  Redmond…

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Clinton Police identity suspect in deadly traffic incident.

Clinton, Miss. (January 14, 2020) Clinton Police have released the identity of the suspect in Friday’s deadly traffic incident. Jacklyn “Jackie” Mitchell, 40 y/o, of Jackson was driving a dark grey sedan eastbound on Highway 80 on Friday morning when she ran the traffic signal at Hampstead Blvd and Highway 80. Mitchell collided with three…

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Stolen Clinton Car Found After Crashing Into Another Stolen Car

Stolen Clinton Car Found After Crashing Into Another Stolen Car Motor vehicle theft is becoming increasingly rare across the USA, with incidents decreasing by around 3% a year. However, an event in September 2019 caught the attention of Jackson and Clinton Police Departments. A Mercedes SUV was stolen from Clinton and wasn’t found until two weeks…

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Thomas Ball, Jr. Receives Twenty-Five Years for Armed Robbery of Canton Woman

                Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. Bramlett, Jr., announced today Thomas Ray Ball, Jr., of Clinton, was sentenced to twenty-five years without the chance of early release or parole for the armed robbery of a Canton woman.               On September 18, 2017, a woman went to a Vicksburg Casino where she won…

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Clinton Police Arrest Auto Burglary Suspect Terrorizing Metro Area

Residents reminded to secure valuables and firearms Clinton Police have arrested an individual wanted in connection to multiple burglaries in Clinton and the metro Jackson area. Between February 8, 2019 and April 4, 2019, the Clinton police Department investigated nearly twenty (20) auto burglaries. Of the reported burglaries, all thefts occurred as the result of…

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Clinton Police Announce Arrests in Metal Theft Ring

Clinton Police announce the arrests of five (5) individuals responsible for an estimated $150,000 in metal theft from a local industrial building. Beginning the early part of August, 2018, several break-ins were reported at the former Delphi building located at 1001 Industrial Park Road.  Upon investigation, it was determined that suspects were entering the building…

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Clinton Police Seek Christmas Grinch in Church Daycare Burglary

**Update** – Clinton Police have identified the suspect in the December 24 burglary of the Morrison Heights Baptist Church Daycare in Clinton. Detectives with the Clinton Police Department have a warrant for the arrest of David Thomas Davidson, 28 y/o of Decatur, Mississippi.  Anyone with information regarding the location of David Thomas Davidson is asked…

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Clinton Police Arrest Bank Robbery Suspect

At 1:11 P.M. on October 31, 2017, Clinton Police responded to the report of a bank robbery in progress at the Trustmark Bank at 203 Clinton Blvd. A black male suspect was reported as wearing brown boots, blue jeans, a white t-shirt, with a black plastic bag on his head. After committing the robbery, the suspect…

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