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24 pounds of suspected cocaine seized during Scott County traffic stop
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Scott County deputies arrested a man after investigators said they found 24 pounds of suspected cocaine. Investigators said the interdiction team for the sheriff’s office made a traffic stop on a 2011 Acura that was traveling eastbound on Interstate 20 on Thursday, May 16. The driver was identified as Bautista […]
Three arrested after stolen horses recovered in Scott County
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) recovered two stolen horses, with an estimated value of $11,000, in Scott County on Friday, April 19. According to MALTB officials, this investigation led to the arrests of Tyrese Walton, Quentonio Odom and Charles Gatewood. The initial report was taken […]
Mississippi sheriff: Two people dead, one person transported to hospital in possible drug overdose
Two people are dead and one person was transported to the hospital in what is being reported as a possible drug overdose incident Thursday night. WLBT in Jackson reports that the incident occurred on Taylor Drive in Morton. Officials with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, Morton Police Department and Scott...
2 dead, 1 hospitalized after possible overdose in Scott County
MORTON, Miss. (WJTV) – Two people have died and one person was hospitalized after a possible overdose in Scott County. The incident happened around 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 at a home in the 200 block of Taylor Drive in Morton. Scott County Coroner Hunter Wolf identified the two victims as 47-year-old Barry Perkins […]
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