Robbery suspects take off on foot, Mississippi deputies searching rural area
Published 8:52 pm Monday, January 22, 2024
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A Mississippi sheriff’s department is searching for two suspects that escaped after a reported robbery in a rural community Monday evening.
According to the Simpson County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received the robbery call not long after 5 p.m. Information from the department shows a man claimed to have been robbed at a home on Shivers Road near Bridgeport Road.
Deputies took one armed suspect into custody at the scene and another person was arrested nearly.
“Two other males ran on foot into a nearby wooded area. We are in the process of identifying two other individuals involved. Deputies have patrolled this area heavily,” the statement reads.