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Man charged in burglaries of two county businesses By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer A
man serving a seven-year sentence at a Mississippi Department of
Corrections facility in Leake County was arrested and charged with the
burglary of two commercial buildings Sunday, according to sheriff Kenny
Dickerson. The suspect was on weekend release when the two burglaries occurred, he said. Tyrone
Rogers, 38, became a suspect in the Sunday morning break-in of the
Barton BP station on Highway 309 North when officers responding to the
break-in call found a car parked on the highway near the station. The
engine and tires were warm, Dickerson said. A subsequent tag
identification led investigators to the home of the vehicle owner who
said Rogers had asked to use her car and had left in it around 1:30
a.m. Sunday, September 12. A manhunt was
conducted in the area of Barton to the DeSoto County line, the sheriff
said. The sheriff’s department was assisted in a manhunt by officers
with the Byhalia Police Department, Collierville, Tenn., Police
Department, DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Marshal’s
Office. Meanwhile investigators seized the vehicle allegedly driven to
Barton by the suspect. Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday,
Rogers came to the sheriff’s department attempting to recover the
impounded vehicle and was subsequently arrested and charged with the
burglary of the Barton BP and the burglary of the Sam’s Town Grocery
(formerly Marion’s Grocery) near Waterford August 8. Dickerson
said Rogers had been serving time at an MDOC satellite facility in
Leake County and was on weekend leave on both occasions. He has pled to
numerous burglary charges in bordering counties in North Mississippi
and has burglary charges pending in Tate County, Dickerson said. Rogers
was serving time on prior burglary charges in Tippah County and was
serving his sentence in Leake County, the sheriff said. Rogers
is being held at the Marshall County jail but will be returned to the
custody of MDOC. He will face these two burglary charges pending action
of the Marshall County grand jury, the sheriff said. In
a separate incident Monday, Sept. 13, officers with the sheriff’s
department and the drug task force arrested three on drug-related
charges after a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 78 and
Highway 7 in Holly Springs, Dickerson said. Arrested
and charged with possession of heroin were suspects Khari Dykes, 33, of
the CR 141 area in Tupelo, and Amanda Pruitt, 26, of the CR 194 area in
Blue Springs, he said. They are in jail on $5,000 bonds. Also
arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia was Karissa
Williamson, 37, of the 200 block of Parkview Cove in Pontotoc,
Dickerson said. She remains in jail on $500 bond. Also,
hunting season will begin soon and the associated thefts of
four-wheelers and hunting guns will likely be on the rise as usual.
Dickerson asked neighborhoods to be on the lookout during this season
and call 911 to report any suspicious vehicles or unusual activity.
Sheriff’s deputies will come out to investigate any unusual or
suspicious activity, he said.
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