Four charged with Coopwood Park mischief

Four charged with Coopwood Park mischief

Photo by Sue Watson

Football field damage
Reginald Burke (left) with city building and grounds and South Reporter publisher Barry Burleson look over damage to the football field at Sam Coopwood Park. Burke and other workers were busy at the field Friday. The field was damaged recently by a vehicle or vehicles driven on it when it was moist in certain spots due to a sprinkler system in use. The mischief caused various ruts. Due to the condition of the field, last Friday night’s football game between Holly Springs and Lafayette, originally scheduled as a home game for the Hawks, was moved to Lafayette. Coach Clifford Brown reported just before press-time Tuesday that this Friday’s game versus Water Valley, also scheduled for home, has been moved, too. It will be played at Water Valley with a 7 p.m. kickoff.

The Holly Springs Police Department made several recent arrests, including four for felony malicious mischief involving damage to the football field.

Chief Robert Pearson said D’Mitri Hall, 18, two 17-year-old juveniles and one 16-year-old juvenile were arrested August 31. They are being charged with felony malicious mischief for the damage done at Sam Coopwood Park.

The police report, released by Pearson, also included the following arrests in other cases:

Shannon Gatewood, 23, and Brandon D. Luellen, 19, of Holly Springs, were arrested August 27 on grand larceny charges.
Zena Jackson, 44, of Holly Springs, was arrested on burglary charges.
Travis Bell, 39, of Holly Springs, was arrested August 30 on an outstanding felony warrant from Tippah County.
Charterius Hankins, 18, was arrested September 2 on burglary charges.
Rayvon Takiem Rutherford was arrested September 3. He is awaiting extradition back to New York.

The incident report included:

Burglary in the 800 block of Spring Ridge Cove. The homeowner said she left her residence for a few hours and when she returned two TVs and approximately 50 DVDs had been taken.
Vandalism of a vehicle in the 300 block of Falconer. The driver window of a 1989 GMC was knocked out. The owner stated she parked the vehicle on Wednesday and hadn’t driven it since.

Officers responded to the following activities last week – driving while license suspended, 3; expired tag/no tag, 2; expired license/no driver’s license, 2; no proof of insurance, 8; possession of controlled substance, 1; disregard for traffic device, 1; careless driving, 1; open container, 1; domestic violence, 3; malicious mischief, 3.

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