RailRoad Theft foiled 08/13/2007

On Monday Night August 13th Deputy David Berrios arrested three individuals on charges of Grand Larceny. The arrests came after Berrios noticed suspicious activity near the railroad tracks. Charged were Wesley Spencer age 45, Danny Joe Spencer age 42 and Glenda Spencer age 45 all of Booneville. All the property was recovered. Investigators with the Kansas City Central Railroad will be assisting in the case.

"This was a good job on the Officers part. He was observant and noticed the suspicious activity which turned out to be a theft in progress." "In the last year we have noticed an increase in theft of metal including scrap, copper and aluminum and other metals that have drastically increased in prices. This increase in these types of types have been reported in all the surrounding areas. If Anyone sees suspicious activity or knows of anyone stealing wire or other metals, contact the Sheriff's Office at 662-728-6232."
Sheriff Randy M. Tolar

Search warrant nets stolen property 07/31/2007

On the evening of Tuesday July 31 Investigators and Officers with the Prentiss County Sheriff's Office executed a Search Warrant at a house #9 CR 7031 and recovered numerous stolen items, including an International Tractor stolen June 19th from a work site in Prentiss County, a Mack Truck stolen from a Tippah County Logging site about a month ago, and a green Honda four wheeler. We are attempting to identify other items that are possibly stolen, located at the place we searched. We arrested James A Jackson age 35 of 9 CR 7031 Booneville and charged him with three counts of receiving stolen property. Bond has not been set at this time. Two other individuals are being sought at this time in connection with the case. Investigators have been working diligently on this case since the tractors theft in June. The other recovered property was extras that we weren't counting on. The Booneville Police Department and the Tippah County Sheriff's Office assisted in the case.

Sheriff Randy M. Tolar