Published: May 10, 2008 12:33 am            

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Meridian Police Department



The Meridian Police Department reported the following suspected non-traffic violations between 4 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.



• Commercial burglary — James D. Robinson,19, 704 15th St.

• Commercial burglary — Tarrius Davion Holt, 22, 1618 Ninth Ave. Holt is also charged with contempt of court, felon in possession of firearm, possession of burglary tools.

• Contempt of court — Rodney Eugene Rush, 32, 516 30th Ave. Rush is also charged with false ID information.

• Possession of marijuana in vehicle — Orlando S. Bursey, 22, 381 56th Ave. Bursey is also charged with contempt of court.



Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department



The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department reported the following suspected non-traffic violations between 4 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.



• Felony malicious mischief, vandalism — Sammie G. Hampton, 33, 2427 Fourth Ave.

• Felony malicious mischief, vandalism — Roderick M. Johnson, 44, 432 Doc Gator Road. Johnson is also charged with contempt of court seven counts.

• Failure to pay child support — Brian Scott Russell, 36, 903 Carl Harper Road

• Failure to pay child support two counts — Joe W. Wallace, 50, 3118 16th St.

• Failure to pay child support — Edward T. Johnson, 28, 4221 56th Ave.

• Statutory rape two counts — Michael Justin Key, 21, 10021 RD 311, Union



Incident reports



The Meridian Police Department reported the following incident reports May 8.



Auto Burglaries:

• 3900 block of Poplar Springs Drive window entry, N/A, night time

• Meridian Community College, unlocked, radio stolen, night time

• 600 block of 31st Avenue, unlocked, radio stolen, night time

• Meridian High, door entry, radio stolen, day time



Residential Burglary:

• 1000 block of 21st Street, door entry, money stolen, night time



Robbery:

About 3 a.m. Thursday, a man said he was approached in a parking lot in the 1600 block of 14th Street and assaulted and had his money stolen. The man suffered minor injuries. No further information is available.



Vandalism:

• 200 block of North Hills Street, window broken, night time



Larceny:

• 2000 block of Poplar Springs Drive, 4 wheeler stolen, unknown time

• 2000 block of 44th Avenue, pressure washer stolen, unknown time



Calls for service

May 8 — 136



FELONY ARRESTS:

• James Robinson, Auto Burglary, $5,000

• Rapheal Taylor, Auto Burglary, $5,000

• Tarrius Holt, Auto Burglary, Possession of Burglary Tools, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, No Bond

• Roderick M. Johnson, Felony Malicious Mischief, $10,000

• Sammie Hampton, Felony Malicious Mischief, $10,000



The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department reported the following incident reports for May 8.



Burglary:

• 1000 block of Willow Lake Road



Fire Runs



The Meridian Fire Department reported the following fire runs for May 8.

• EMS — Northwood Street

• EMS — Highway 39 North

• EMS — North Hills Street

• Smoke removal — 33rd Avenue

• Aircraft standby — Highway 11 South

• Vehicle accident — Tommy Webb Drive

• Good intent call — Northeast Industrial Park Road



The Lauderdale County volunteer fire departments did not report any fire runs for May 7.



Metro Ambulance



Metro Ambulance reported 41 runs Friday from 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.

        

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