RIDGELAND, Miss. —
Police in Ridgeland said tips about a mannequin stolen from a consignment store began pouring in after information on the theft, including security video, was posted to the online social media site Facebook.
The shiny mannequin — a torso covered with tiny mirrors — was stolen before Christmas.
On Thursday, police arrested a 29-year-old woman from Flora. WAPT TV reports that the mannequin was recovered from a trailer where the suspect lives.
A Picayune woman has been charged with arson for setting fire to her own home.
A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a Vancleave resident told police her 16-year-old daughter came home and told her the man had allegedly touched her inappropriately.
Linda Gale Reed will be arraigned Friday before Copiah County Circuit Judge Lamar Pickard on three counts of embezzlement.
The Southern Baptist Convention is expected to take a stand against the Boy Scouts of America's acceptance of gay members at the denomination's annual meeting in Houston this week.
A Chickasaw County man has been charged with capital murder in the fatal stabbing of William Ray "Shorty" Bevill almost two months ago.
Bond was set at $250,000 for the man arrested over the weekend in connection with a shooting death in Columbus.
Authorities say they've recovered the body of a Kentucky man, one of four men who have drowned in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama's coast since Sunday.
Jackson police have charged 20-year-old Octavious Morrison with capital murder in the death of his pregnant girlfriend.
A 30-year-old West Point man faces murder charges after authorities say he fled the scene of a Sunday shooting.
Clinton police have arrested two additional suspects for their alleged involvement in a series of bomb threats made in mid-May to Clinton High School.
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