Hattiesburg Crime

[aaron]

Could this report I found in the Hattiesburg American be true? In the past 24 hours, these crimes have been reported in Hattiesburg and Forrest County:

Hattiesburg

# Terrell L. Jones, 41, 200 block of McSwain Street, jailed today on commercial burglary charge

# .380-caliber handgun stolen from white 1990 Chevy Caprice at Club Memories, 1720 N. 31st Ave.

# Scales stolen from Southern Wood, 727 Hood Road

# Cash stolen from Marble Slab Creamery, 5040 Hardy St.

# Purse, two bicycles stolen from 900 block of Wedgewood Drive

# Attempted burglary at Rain Forest Car Wash, 5026 Hardy St.

# Green 2002 Chevy Impala stolen from Mac's Triangle, 301 Broadway Drive

# Cash stolen from Salvation Army Thrift Store, 5611 U.S. 49

# Cash stolen from SpeeDee Oil Change, 5032 Hardy St.

Forrest County

# Bradley J. Parker, 16, 200 Olive St., jailed Monday on court order

# Michael A. Bolton, 28, 200 block of north 25th Avenue, jailed Monday on sale of a controlled substance charge

# Jonathan C. Cater, 25, 23 Lincoln Road, jailed Monday on possession of marijuana with intent to distribute charge

# Alexander J. Clayton, 17, 200 block of West 7th Street, jailed Monday on court order


That looks like a ridiculous amount of crime to me for a city like ours. Is this an average night? I'm thinking about beefing up security after seeing this.

[muzikmom]

Unfortunately, it's probably worse than this report.

Try calling the police when your children are having bricks thrown at them while walking home from school - wait time - 35 minutes.

Try calling the police when your neighbor is burning huge fires in his backyard during a party - wait time - 45 minutes (and policeman reveals your name to neighbor after specifically requesting that dispatcher allow you to remain anonymous)

Try calling the police when your stuff has been stolen right off your property time and time again - and getting brochures from some rookie police kid telling you to lock up your stuff better.

Try calling the police when your teenager is held up at gunpoint while walking home from Hattiesburg High - and when said teenager is too distraught to remember any details about the attacker's appearance, being snickered at by the policeman as if the whole incident has been made up.

I'm so sick of the crime in our middle-class neighborhood, I could scream.

Frustrated Muzikmom

[usm_designer]

i'm sorry to hear this.

this sounds like something that happens in huge cities.. not hattiesburg

[aaron]

Unfortunately, it's probably worse than this report.

Try calling the police when your children are having bricks thrown at them while walking home from school - wait time - 35 minutes.

Try calling the police when your neighbor is burning huge fires in his backyard during a party - wait time - 45 minutes (and policeman reveals your name to neighbor after specifically requesting that dispatcher allow you to remain anonymous)

Try calling the police when your stuff has been stolen right off your property time and time again - and getting brochures from some rookie police kid telling you to lock up your stuff better.

Try calling the police when your teenager is held up at gunpoint while walking home from Hattiesburg High - and when said teenager is too distraught to remember any details about the attacker's appearance, being snickered at by the policeman as if the whole incident has been made up.

I'm so sick of the crime in our middle-class neighborhood, I could scream.

Frustrated Muzikmom

That sounds almost unreal. But that's why I setup this site, so that people can have a voice and tell others about things like this.

[aaron]

It'd be great if I could have a "Mayor" forum here where people can post questions and comments and the mayor or his/her staff respond. I think that would be on the road to happier voters.

[F150]

I've seen walt_coker in the online members list, don't know if that's him or not. I'd love it if you could talk to your elected officials in an open forum somehow.

[King Kong]

F150 that would be great! If they would come here and Aaron could set up a Mayor Forum, I think everyone would love to ask questions.

[usm_designer]

i guess that's where our chat room would come into play. hehe

if we could get some of the candidates to show up.. that would be a good reason to make it.

though, their typing skills would have to be pretty good to keep up probably.. lol

[King Kong]

Last 24 hours

Crime report

The following is a roundup of crimes reported to area agencies within the previous 24 hours.

Hattiesburg

Narcotics Bureau

# Monica Mardis, 35, 100 block of College Drive; jailed Tuesday on possession of controlled substance charge

# Wallace Sutton, 41, 900 block of East Laurel Street; jailed Tuesday on probation violation charge

# Roy Powell, 47, 800 block of Mobile Street; jailed Tuesday on charge of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute

# Jerry McGee, 23, 700 block of North 29th Avenue; jailed Wednesday on charges of possession of crack cocaine, possession of more than ounce of marijuana, possession of controlled substance, possession of stolen firearm

# Bookbag, two books, cosmetics, Mastercard stolen from 1998 Jeep Cherokee, Shell Finish Line, 2306 Hardy St.

# Sony T.V. stolen, 20 block of Central School Road; window, door frame damaged to make entry

# Six-month-old female pit bull, silver and gold Gucci watch, dress, checkbooks, 30 rings stolen; 3500 block of Campbell Drive

# Cash stolen from Jr. Foodmart, 5696 U.S. 49

# Laptop, earrings, ring stolen, 200 block of North 22nd Avenue

# Damaged chains on two 18-wheel trailers; 10 Gateway Drive

# Lock damaged, Helster jackhammer, two Makita cordless drills, hammer drill stolen from 18-wheel trailer; 70 block of Wisteria Drive

# Lock damaged at Sun Real Estate, 10 Gateway Drive

# Gateway hard drive, 17-inch monitor stolen from Highland Cemetery, 3101 W. Seventh St.; window damaged to gain entry

Forrest County

# Marcus Rogers, 21, 600 block of Mackwood Drive; jailed Tuesday on residential burglary charge

# Benjamin Gaddis, 36, 2400 block of North Main Street; jailed on charge of failure to register as sex offender

# Dandre Willson, 20, L. McLemore Street, Lumberton; jailed Tuesday on court order

# Frank Brewton, 28, 500 block of Mississippi 535, Seminary; jailed Wednesday on sale of a controlled substance charge

# Charley Jones, 27, 300 block of J.D. Randolph Street; jailed Tuesday on court order

Petal

# Amy Goodin, 20, 30th block of Keith Jeter Road; jailed Tuesday on possession of methamphetamine charges

# Police responded to traffic accident, no injuries

Narcotics Bureau

# Monica Mardis, 35, 100 block of College Drive; jailed Tuesday on possession of controlled substance charge

Highway Patrol

# Troopers had no reports

Lamar County

# Deputies responded to harassment reports on Circle Drive, Franklin Place, Ray Bridge Drive, Sandy Run Road, Jake Burge Road; stolen vehicle on Bno Thompson Road, vandalism on Old Highway 24, burglary on Ratcliff Lane, disturbance on Rocky Branch Road, four-wheeler accident with no injuries on Epley Road, possible prowler on Purvis-Oloh Road, animal complaint on Crossland Drive, auto burglary on O'Kelly Road

Laurel

# Police responded to 134 complaints; three accidents, one injury; made 18 arrests

[aaron]

that's crazy to me. Maybe I just don't read the news enough.