Former city employee indicted

Published 7:12 pm Thursday, May 24, 2018

A Warren County grand jury indictment accuses a former Vicksburg city employee of attempting to sell a prescription drug and conspiring with another person to sell it.

Malcolm Carson, 60, 1855 Standard Hill Road, is charged in the indictment with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and conspiracy to commit a felony. He is accused of trying to sell the drug Lyrica, which is used to treat pain from nerve damage caused by disease or injury. He is no longer employed by the city, Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said.

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The indictment also accuses him of conspiring with an unnamed person on the indictment to sell the drug and exchange it for another substance.

Carson was arrested Feb. 4 on a charge of possession of a controlled substance.

At the time, he had been a city employee since 2012, working in the city’s community services department, which oversees misdemeanor offenders who work off their fines from Municipal Court by working in city buildings and collecting trash from roadsides. He was suspended from the city and later dismissed.

In another case, James Colt Nichols, 35, 6918 Oak Ridge Road, was indicted on a charge of manslaughter by culpable negligence. He is accused in the Jan. 12 shooting death of George Sawyer Temple, 23, of Raymond at a private hunting club off Dudley Road in Warren County.

In other indictments:

• Rashad Deion Callaway, 23, 3705 Halls Ferry Road; Shcandy Shanta Harris, 33, 108 Fox Circle; and Shcobey Darnell Harris, 37, 1220 Prospect St., are charged with aggravated assault-extreme indifference, shooting into a dwelling-house and conspiracy to commit a felony in the July 2017 shooting of Chapiya Richardson.

Richardson was wounded in the leg when Schobey Harris fired several shots into a home in the 200 block of Central Drive, occupied by Richardson and two children. Harris was also charged with possession of a weapon after felony conviction.

• J’Shon Lantez “Scooter” Ross, 19, 1821 Louisiana Ave., aggravated assault in the Dec. 2017 shooting of Keithan Ward during an argument.

• Ed Beverly Watts Jr., 58, 1200 Second North St., aggravated assault — extreme indifference. Watts is accused injuring Leotis Stanford by hitting him with his fist.

• Lori Lampkin, 46, 5055 Bovina Cutoff, embezzlement. Lampkin, a former employee of Thornes Collision Center, is accused of taking $5,001 from the business between Oct.1, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2017.

• Billie McGuffie, 31, 421 Gibson Road, and Bobby Miller, 31, 2649 Oak Ridge Road, armed robbery. The couple is accused of stealing money and a credit card from an individual by threating them with what is described as a “metal object.”

• Corey Hicks, 27, 1319 China St., and Kawjuan Jones, 22, 138 Cumberland Road No. 31, were indicted on two counts each of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Hicks was also indicted for possession of a stolen firearm.

• Caleb Dartayrun Carter, 19, 223 First Ave., and Mac McKinley Cox, 22, 206 Cain Ridge Road, grand larceny in the theft seven chainsaws.

• Matthew Ray Bardwell, 36, 7111 U.S. 80, and Sonya Ann Bishop, 37, 3860 Gowall Road, are each charged with attempted armed robbery.

• Antonio Danyell Peters, 35, 304 Enchanted Drive, fourth-offense DUI.

• Darrius Lamont Stamps, 33, 2622 Pearl St., fourth offense DUI.

• Willie Rodgers, 20, 1384 Silent shade Road, Belzoni, fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer.

• Tiffany Nicole Maddox, 116 Lee Circle, and Nicholas Parke Skinner, 29, 108 Napa Valley Drive, Clinton, possession of a controlled substance.

• Jamal Shelton, also known as Jamaal Shelton, 23, 1000 Harris St., possession of a controlled substance.

• Melvin Devanta Wiggins Jr., 24, 115 Windy Lake Circle, possession of a weapon after felony conviction.

• Joe Davis, 56, 125 Lee Circle, possession of a controlled substance.

• Calvin Lynn Brewer, 32, 521 Speed St., sale of a controlled substance.

• Christopher Devon Jones, 25, 1218 Harrison St., possession of a weapon after felony conviction.

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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