Warren County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who robbed the driver of an 18-wheeler while he was checking his rig in a parking area off Interstate 20 in Flowers, Sheriff Martin Pace said.

The driver, whose name was not released, told deputies he was passing through Warren County and pulled off the interstate and was checking his trailer when he was approached by a man who demanded money. The driver said he handed over the money he had, totaling less than $100.

The man was described as a black man more than 6 feet tall wearing a tan sleeveless shirt, which looked like the sleeves were torn out. He drove off in a tan-colored sedan headed eastbound toward Hinds County. No weapon was used in the robbery, Pace said.

Woman faces charges of assaulting a sheriff’s deputy

A Vicksburg woman is accused of striking a sheriff’s deputy as he tried to get her to leave the health clinic on the campus of Merit Health River Region Medical Center where she was creating a disturbance, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Yvonne Durr, 44, 211 First St., was being held in the Warren County Jail without bail, pending an initial appearance Thursday in Justice Court, and faces a charge of simple assault on a police officer, which is a felony. A family member who was with her was charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.

Pace said the deputy responding to a call from employees at the clinic arrived and heard a loud disturbance coming from one of the offices in the building, and went to get the woman to leave. As he was trying to get her out of the building, she hit him several times with her fist in the head. The deputy was examined by the sheriff’s department nurse and did not require additional treatment, Pace said.