Two charged in separate robbery incidents

Local News

Discussion

October 2, 2008

By Brian Livingston The Meridian Star Thu Oct 02, 2008, 11:10 PM CDT

blivingston@themeridianstar.com

Officials with the Meridian Police Department said Thursday afternoon they have charged two Meridian men in connection with two unrelated robbery incidents.

Lt. James Sharpe, interim commander of the MPD's Investigative Division, said Michael McDade and Demetrice Latrell Oliver are currently being held in the Lauderdale County Adult Detention Facility awaiting further actions in their cases.

McDade, 33, was placed into custody Wednesday afternoon to be questioned for an armed robbery that occurred in the parking lot of the Sam's Club business in southern Meridian. He was formally charged late Wednesday night with armed robbery.

"He was posing as a security officer when he allegedly robbed a man Wednesday morning," said Sharpe. "He had a security officer's badge and was armed with an air pistol."

McDade is said to have taken some cash and a cell phone from his victim. He is being held on $50,000 bond and also is on hold for officers of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Sharpe said McDade has been out of prison on parole for only a short time after serving approximately 20 years on a murder conviction that happened in Meridian.

Oliver, 34, was taken into custody by MPD patrolmen early Thursday morning after they responded to an alarm at the Cefco convenience store located at the corner of 45th Avenue and Ninth Street.

Sharpe said Oliver jumped the store clerk at about 4:30 a.m. as she opened the front door to begin readying the store for business. She was quickly bound and gagged in the back of the store but because he had jumped her, the alarm was set off without his knowing it.

"One officer arrived on the scene and seeing the situation called for backup," said Sharpe. "Officers then entered the store and took Oliver into custody without further incident."

The clerk was unhurt. Oliver was not armed.

Oliver was charged with kidnapping and robbery. He was placed on $25,000 for the kidnapping charge and $50,000 on the robbery offense.

Text Only

Local News

High Honor
The flowers and balloons Crestwood Elementary School Principal Kimberly Kendrick received at school Monday were not an early Valentines' Day gift.
Kendrick has been named Meridian Public School District's 2012 Administrator of the Year – an announcement that both surprised and wowed the 17-year veteran educator when made by MPSD Superintendent Dr. Alvin Taylor.

February 7, 2012 1 Photo
Master Dance Class
February 7, 2012 1 Photo
Digital system promises better communication
Hopefully in the near future you won't hear someone in the emergency services ask over the radio, "Can you hear me now?"
A digital communications system, one which is being pushed by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), is a few months away and, in some cases, is already in the testing phase in Lauderdale County.

February 7, 2012 1 Photo
Inmate escapes custody
Mississippi Department of Corrections officials said Monday afternoon an inmate escaped from custody Friday and is still being sought.
Officials said Johnny Hall Jr. escaped from two Wilkinson County Correctional Facility officers’ custody while being escorted from his father’s wake at the Picayune Funeral Home in Picayune. Preliminary information indicates Hall left the officers and jumped into a waiting black vehicle with a white female driver.

February 7, 2012 2 Photos
Citizen’s Police Academy begins today
The work law enforcement conducts on a daily basis is often misunderstood by the general public.
Officials at the Meridian Police Department developed a program to inform and educate citizens on what police do in serving and protecting the population. The program, The Citizen's Police Academy, has been gaining speed for a couple of years since it was first offered. Officials said it shows residents are interested in police work and how it is conducted.

February 7, 2012
Woman: decongestant brought meth charge in Alabama
February 6, 2012
Star Of The Week: Dominique Goodwin-Jenkins
February 6, 2012 1 Photo
SoMiSPO brings steel drum rhythms to MCC
February 6, 2012 1 Photo
About face
Nothing is forever in the military and after a months-long battle to secure a C-27J Spartan flying mission and its field training unit at Key Field and the 186th Air Refueling Wing, it seems all of that is flying the way of the KC-135 tankers that used to fill the skies over Meridian.

February 5, 2012
Marriages & Divorces: Sunday, February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
More Local News Headlines

Local News

Search Results

Discussion

Two charged in separate robbery incidents

Site Map

Contact Us