Teen moved from detention center to jail

Published 11:51 am Wednesday, March 16, 2011

A Vicksburg teen was in the Warren County Jail today on burglary charges after being transferred from the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center following a hearing in Youth Court Tuesday, police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

Luther Thigpen, 17, 1704 Bodley St., is charged with the Feb. 22 burglary of a home in the 1100 block of Fifth North Street in which two computers and a PlayStation 3 game system were reported stolen, Stewart said.

Thigpen, who was arrested Feb. 23, was being held without bond pending his initial hearing as an adult, Stewart said

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