Two arrested on weapons charges
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, March 4, 2009
A Vicksburg man arrested Tuesday was charged with being a felon with a gun.
Ar’Menn Stewart, 19, was arrested at his home at 1400 Bowmar Ave., said Sgt. Sandra Williams of the Vicksburg Police Department.
A .22 caliber Derringer was confiscated, Williams said.
He was in the Warren County Jail this morning, being held for the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
In another weapons case, a Vicksburg man was in the Warren County Jail Tuesday for having a stolen handgun.
Jarvis Bingham, 24, 520 Bowmar Ave., was arrested by Vicksburg police at 10:08 a.m. after police served him with a warrant for contempt of court, Williams said.
Bingham was placed in custody and a .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun was found in his pocket, said Williams.
A serial number checked showed the gun had been reported stolen.
Bingham is charged with possession of a stolen firearm.
He was released on a $7,500 bond.
Burglary reported at tax office on Clay
A business burglary was reported in the city Tuesday.
Reported missing at 8:41 a.m. from Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, 1718 Clay St., were four Dell computers and monitors valued at $1,500 each, an HP computer with two monitors valued at $2,600, two Canon laser printers valued at $400 each, two phones valued at $290, a box of toner valued at $76 and a stapler valued at $12.
Jewely, computers hot in house burglary
A residential burglary was reported at 2:13 this morning in the 1100 block of Jefferson Street.
Reported missing were a Dell laptop, a Dell CPU, a keyboard and mouse, a silver and gold Fossil watch, a pair of diamond earrings and a pair of gold hoop earrings, no value listed for any of the items.