Friday, October 5, 2007

Published 9:23 pm Thursday, October 4, 2007

Meridian Police Department



The Meridian Police Department reported the following suspected non-traffic violations between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday.



• Possession of marijuana less than one ounce — Richard Williams, 42, 1221 Andrew Jackson Road, Alexandria, La.

• Driving under the influence (DUI) second offense — Dennis Steven Stricklin, 55, 7218 Rime Village Drive, Hoover, Ala.





Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department



The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department reported the following suspected non-traffic violations between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday.



• Sale of cocaine — Shemond Rayshaw Wallace, 26, 335 A Green Hill Road, Toomsuba. Wallace is also charged with five counts of Contempt of Court.

• Failure to pay child support — James Tarail Scott, 33, 214 A Knox Road

• Contempt of court — Linda K. Harrison, 41, 3010 Ninth Street

• Probation violation — Purvis Donald Grantham, 44, 1513 Highway 19 South, Philadelphia

• Disturbing the peace — Dary Keith McCoy, 46, 673 Conehatta St., Marion





Incident Report:



The Meridian Police Department reported the following incident reports for Oct. 3.



Commercial Burglaries:

• 2000 block of 24th Avenue, attempted window entry, night time

• 2000 block of 11th Avenue, window entry, food stolen, night time



Vandalism:

• 3000 block of 8th Street, window broken, night time



Larceny:

• 2000 block of Mosby Road, money stolen, night time

• 2000 block of 8th Street, purse stolen, daytime

• 1000 block of College Drive, camera stolen, daytime



Calls for service

Oct. 3 — 167



The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department reported the following incident report for Thursday.



Theft:

• 3000 block of Linton Road



Fire:

• 1000 block of Old Wire Road

• 2000 block of Jeff Davis School Road





Fire runs



The Meridian Fire Department reported the following fire runs for Oct. 3.



• Vehicle accident — 16th Street

• Good intent call — 15th Place

• Vehicle fire — 14th Street and 22nd Avenue

• Gas leak — South Frontage Road

• EMS — 16th Avenue

• EMS — 38th Avenue

• EMS — Highway 45 North

• EMS — 35th Avenue

• EMS — Highway 45 North

• EMS — 63rd Place

• Outside rubbish fire — Old Highway 80 West

• Vehicle accident — North Hills Street and Highway 39 North

• False alarm — Highway 39 North

• False alarm — 25th Street

• Hazardous condition — Seventh Avenue

• Vehicle accident — Highway 494 and Marshall Beeman Road

• Grass fire — 53rd Avenue and Fifth Street



The Lauderdale County volunteer fire departments did not report fire runs for Oct. 4.





Ambulance Runs



Metro Ambulance made 29 runs between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday.

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