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Troopers arrest driver after Madison County chase
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A driver was arrested after a chase in Madison County, according to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS). Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi DPS, said troopers with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) were conducting a safety checkpoint on Highway 49 South near Flora on Tuesday, July 9 […]
Mississippi inmate sentenced for sexual battery of corrections employee
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – An inmate at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) has been sentenced for the sexual battery of a corrections employee. Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that 23-year-old Ernest Mayfield was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Bramlett said Mayfield is a habitual offender with two prior […]
20-year-old dies after accident involving fireworks in Madison County
A man is dead after an accident involving fireworks, according to Don Webster with Huntsville Emergency Medical Services. Webster says the incident happened just after midnight Friday at a home near Nick Davis Road and Pettus Road in Madison County. The 20-year-old was taken to Huntsville Hospital, where he was...
Man pleads guilty after body found in Madison County home
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A 19-year-old pled guilty after a body was found inside a Madison County home earlier this year. Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr., said Dawton Gage Whatley, 19, of Walls, pled guilty to second-degree murder on June 24, 2024. On February 5, 2024, Madison County deputies were dispatched […]
Teen pleads guilty to second-degree murder after man found dead in Madison County home
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A 19-year-old has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a man who was found dead inside a Madison County home. On February 15, Dawton Whatley, 19, was charged with the murder of 28-year-old Lemetrius Hollins. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office was responding to a welfare...
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