Suspects charged with felony shoplifting from Home Depot

Published 4:06 pm Monday, August 3, 2020

By Tim Reeves

Jason Ferguson and Willie Peoples

Two Vicksburg men have been arrested and charged in connection to three shoplifting thefts from Home Depot.

Jason Ferguson, 39, of Vicksburg, appeared in Vicksburg Municipal Court Friday, charged with two counts of felony shoplifting, both the result of thefts that occurred earlier in the year from Home Depot. The first took place on March 13 and the other on June 23.

Judge Penny Lawson set Ferguson’s bond at $25,000 per count, totaling $50,000, and bound him over to the grand jury. 

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Willie Peoples, 41, of Vicksburg, was arrested Monday on a charge of felony shoplifting that stemmed from a theft at Home Depot on July 17.

Carpenter set his bond at $20,000 and bound his case over to the grand jury.

About Tim Reeves

Tim Reeves, and his wife Stephanie, are the parents of three children, Sarah Cameron, Clayton and Fin, who all attend school in the Vicksburg Warren School District. The family are members of First Baptist Church Vicksburg. Tim is involved in a number of civic and volunteer organizations including the United Way of West Central Mississippi and serves on the City of Vicksburg's Riverfront Redevelopment Committee.

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