MOSS POINT, Miss. — Authorities say an inmate who escaped from Pike County has been recaptured in Moss Point.
Police Chief Keith Davis tells WLOX TV 22-year-old Richard Glen Maples was arrested Monday night.
Maples escaped from the Pike County Community Work Center in Magnolia Saturday night
Maples was serving a 7-year sentence for convictions of burglary, vehicle burglary, identity theft and credit card fraud from Jones County.
Authorities say a 20-year-old Lucedale man arrested on a charge of animal cruelty is accused of dousing his 5-year-old Chihuahua mix in a flammable liquid and setting it on fire.
Former Picayune bank teller Vonetta Jordan has been sentenced to 17 months in prison for bank fraud and ordered to repay over $117,000.
Jefferson County and state law enforcement officials are investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman whose body was discovered in the graveyard of East Mount Olive Baptist Church.
A 41-year-old man accused in a high-profile murder case elected not to attend the first day of his trial.
Missing person
Authorities are searching for a missing 20 year-old autistic male.
A sport utility truck has plowed into the children's play area of a McDonald's restaurant outside of Jackson, Miss., injuring five people.
An 18-year-old student at the Clinton district's Alternative School has been charged in one of the three bomb threats that have been phoned in to Clinton High since last Friday.
A 24-year-old Lowndes County man has been sentenced to eight years for the death of his friend in a fatal accident more than two years ago.
A 36-year-old Purvis man has been charged with murder and first-degree arson following a fatal house fire Monday night.
A Picayune police officer is on administrative leave pending an investigation into the shooting of two men at a local service station.
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