The convicted felon who was driving a vehicle early Sunday that left a mother of three dead has been returned to state custody and a state penitentiary.

Albert Brisco Jr., 23, who was out of prison on parole, was returned to the state and the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County Thursday, said Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace.

Since his release from a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison on May 29, Brisco had been considered a prisoner who could lose his freedom with any violation of his status, Pace said.

A gun was found in the vehicle that was wrecked Sunday, meaning Brisco was charged with possession of a weapon by a felon.

Killed in the wreck at about 3 Sunday morning was Latoshia Haggan, 31, 122 John Allen St. It was her Dodge Durango that Brisco was driving when he ran through a roadblock set up by county deputies and, traveling at a high rate of speed, careened off a hill near Old Highway 27 and North Frontage Road before the vehicle landed on Kansas City Southern Railway tracks.

Two other passengers, Nicholas M. Smith, 18, 1717 Cherry St., and Jerome M. Massey, 21, 11149 Fisher Ferry Road, had been released from River Region Medical Center by this morning, a hospital spokesman said.

Brisco will now be required to serve out the remainder of a six-year term he had received on a conviction of residential burglary, a spokesman for MDOC said.

A reconstruction team from the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol has yet to release its findings from the wreck scene.

City woman charged with embezzlement

A Vicksburg woman arrested at the store where she worked Thursday was charged with embezzlement, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

Patricia Phelps, 49, 120 Linda Drive, is accused of stealing more than $500 from Hollidays Fashion at Vicksburg Mall, Stewart said. Phelps was arrested at the store at 4:42 p.m. after a monthlong investigation, he said.

She was released from the Warren County Jail on a $5,000 bond at 5:35 p.m.

2 injured in wreck on Openwood, Farmer

Two Vicksburg residents were injured Thursday afternoon when their vehicles collided on Openwood and Farmer streets.

Curlie Whiten Jr., 61, 426 Zollinger’s Hill, was driving east on Openwood Street when his Chevrolet Blazer hit the passenger’s side of a southbound pickup driven by Cassidy T. Gurley, 30, 104 Thornhill Drive, said officer Burt Ryan of the Vicksburg Police Department.

No citations were issued, Ryan said. Both were treated and released from River Region Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.

Cash, phone taken from car on Walnut

An auto burglary was reported in the 900 block of Walnut Street at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

Reported missing from a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier was $140 and an iPhone valued at $400.