RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County deputies arrested a Florence man during a drug by operation in the Star community. The bust happened on Wednesday, September 15 near Highway 49. According to investigators, Wendall S. Squires, 45, was arrested and charged with the sell and possession of 35 grams of methamphetamine. Squires will be [.]
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Rankin County deputies have arrested three teens in connection with a shooting Tuesday night in Brandon. The Rankin County Sheriff's Department received a call from a woman who said her car was shot while driving on Highway 471 near Coon Hunters Road. Shortly after the first call another citizen reported [.]
Bond denied for man charged in Rankin County crash that killed woman, 2 children
Kyle Dixon charged with DUI manslaughter Share Updated: 6:29 PM CST Feb 25, 2021
Kyle Dixon charged with DUI manslaughter Share Updated: 6:29 PM CST Feb 25, 2021
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Show Transcript A MAN IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN HE KILLED A MOM AND TWO CHILDREN IN RANKIN COUNTY 16 WAPT KEEGAN FOXX JOINING US LIVE WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE DRIVER KEEGAN. WELL MEGAN, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS KYLE DIXON IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF DUI MANSLAUGHTER HIGHWAY PATROL TELLS US DIXON WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 25. HE COLLIDED WITH 32 YEAR OLD TO MARIA SHUMAKE AND TWO CHILDREN AMBROSIA ISAAC AND XILIANS TO MAKE TWO OTHER PASSENGERS RIDING WITH TO MARIO WERE TAKEN WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY HAD BEEN IN A FAMILY OUTING AND WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK AND WE’RE IN THE JACKS METRO AREA AND THEY WERE ON THEI
Judge: Victim of Braxton homicide was shot in the head
Judge: Victim of Braxton homicide was shot in the head By Therese Apel | January 20, 2021 at 10:56 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 10:56 PM
BRAXTON, Miss. (WLBT) - The dispatcher’s voice was raspy as she paged out first responders to the scene where Ashlei McFarland was already cold to the touch.
“Central dispatch to Cato personnel, be en route 135 Conerly Road, 135 Conerly Road, for a possible deceased at this address…”
Dontrell Hunter, 27, and Ashley Basham, 46, were arrested in Lawrence County Tuesday night and charged in McFarland’s death. But even now, the connection between suspects and victim is not clear.