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ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies arrested a man and a woman for allegedly stealing copper by cutting AT&T internet lines. Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said deputies were dispatched to Powlett Road on Friday, April 26. He said this was the second time since April 15 they responded to the scene after [...]

ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies arrested a man who allegedly sprayed a deputy with pepper spray multiple times. Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said the incident happened on Friday, March 29 on Homochitto Street and John R. Junkin. According to the sheriff, a deputy observed an individual who had an active indictment [...]

UPDATE: ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said the third suspect, Sahmaad Grayson, was arrested Monday evening and brought in by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Two Mississippi men have been arrested and one is wanted in connection to a multi-state stolen vehicle ring. On February [...]

Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten says his agency has been working with multiple law enforcement agencies in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana to bust a multi-state stolen vehicle ring.

NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - One of the Hinds County escapees was arraigned in court in connection to a 2021 homicide in Natchez. The Natchez Democrat reported Tayshon Holmes, 17, pled not guilty to the murder of Bill Calvin, Jr., on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Authorities said Holmes, along with Robert Earl Smith, 16, and Jashon [...]

ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County deputies worked with Vidalia police to arrest two suspects in a joint investigation. Investigators said the case led to the seizure of two stolen vehicles, more than 270 grams of cocaine, more than a pound and half of marijuana, and $5,348 in currency. Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten [...]

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ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said the three teenagers who escaped from the Henley-Young-Patton Youth Detention Center are in custody. The sheriff said Natchez police received a tip just after 7:30 a.m. on Friday, January 12 that the suspects' vehicle was on Brenham Avenue. He said the teens were in an [...]

ADAMS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities are still searching for the three teenagers who escaped from the Henley-Young-Patton Youth Detention Center for a second time. In the last three days, Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said deputies, Natchez police and the U.S. Marshals Service have investigated more than 300 calls or tips in reference to the possible [...]