Two arrested in rash of armed home invasions Starkville Police Chief Mark Ballard addressed reporters at a press conference Tuesday in Houston as Chickasaw County Sheriff James D. Meyers looks on. Law enforcement announced the arrest of two suspects charged in armed home invasions in Starkville, Pontotoc County and Chickasaw County between April 18 and 30. The two also face other charges or residential burglary and grand larceny in the area. Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff
HOUSTON, Miss. Starkville Police Chief Mark Ballard and Chickasaw County Sheriff James D. Meyers met in-person for the first time Tuesday afternoon. But their agencies, along with about a half-dozen others in North Mississippi, had been working together toward a common goal for weeks.