Fugitives from MHP caught

Published 10:42 pm Thursday, April 25, 2019

Two men who ran from a Mississippi Highway Patrol Thursday evening are in custody after eluding officers for more than two hours.

MHP spokesman Kervin Stewart said Brandon Lane, 28, and Cortez Harris, 27, both of Vicksburg, were arrested several hours after they ran from a state trooper who had stopped the car they were in for speeding.

According to MHP reports, the trooper stopped the car in the westbound lane of Interstate 20 about 6 p.m.

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Lane, who was a passenger in the car ran off on foot as soon as the car stopped. Harris, the driver, was handcuffed after giving false information to the trooper false information. When another trooper arrived,

Harris ran into a wooded area north of I-20.

After the pair ran off, Warren County authorities received a call for assistsance from MHP to help search for the men. County and state officers, including the sheriff’s office K-9 and a Vicksburg Police K-9 unit.

Authorities set up a perimeter and began looking for the man. About 8:30 p.m., Harris was seen coming out of a wooded area still in handcuffs and walking in the eastbound lane. He was arrested by state troopers and sheriff’s deputies on the bridge. Lane was also captured and arrested.

Harris was taken to Merit Health River Region complaining of pain in his wrist and side.

Both men are being held in the Warren County Jail without bail pending an initial appearance Friday in Warren County Court.

 

About John Surratt

John Surratt is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in general studies. He has worked as an editor, reporter and photographer for newspapers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post staff since 2011 and covers city government. He and his wife attend St. Paul Catholic Church and he is a member of the Port City Kiwanis Club.

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