Scammer posing as Petal Fire Department
Scammer posing as Petal Fire Department By Will Polston | April 16, 2021 at 7:12 PM CDT - Updated April 16 at 7:13 PM
PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - Multiple reports are surfacing about a scammer calling Pine Belt residents and impersonating the Petal Fire Department.
The caller is soliciting advertisements to make money for the local first responders.
The Petal Fire Department wants all residents to know that this is not them.
“If you get the phone call, try to get as much information that you can get from them,” said Battalion Chief Carlton Sims. “Call the police department, Petal Police Department or Forrest County, and let them know. Let them take it further, because we aren’t going to call you and ask for money over the phone.”
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His alleged killer was his girlfriend s son, according to Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Ryan Moore.
Lamar County Coroner Blake Matherne identified the victim as 30-year-old Curtis McGee of Jackson. No other injuries were reported in the shooting.
The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. in the parking lot of Walgreens at Hardy Street and Weathersby Road.
When officers arrived, McGee was found dead at the scene, Moore said in a news release.
Shortly after, Moore said, 23-year-old Jacquille Graves of Braxton was taken into custody in Petal. He was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
Graves was booked into Forrest County Jail.
Former Sumrall alderman charged with 2 counts of sexual battery James Burnham is charged with two counts of sexual battery. (Source: Lamar County Jail) By Eddie Robertson | January 5, 2021 at 5:55 PM CST - Updated January 5 at 6:11 PM
SUMRALL, Miss. (WDAM) - The Sumrall Police Department arrested a former town alderman Tuesday on charges of sexual battery.
James Burnham, 66, was charged with two counts of sexual battery and booked into the Lamar County Jail, according to the Sumrall Police Department.
Burnham was taken into custody in Petal by Sumrall police officers, who were assisted by the Petal Police Department.
He will have his initial appearance before a judge in Lamar County on Wednesday.