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A heart for youth: Starkville group seeks to reduce violence, offer experiences to young people
By Amelia Plair/Special to The Dispatch 1 day ago Brody Rice answers questions from the audience after giving a presentation on a trip he took to the Memphis Zoo this summer. Rice was one of 20 Armstrong Jr. High students who went on the trip free of charge thanks to the leadership of SRO officer Sammy Shumaker and the Starkville Community Action and Advocacy Association. Amelia Plair/Special to The Dispatch
“We need three things: partnership, relationship, and fellowship.”
Brody Rice’s words rang out with the cadence and conviction of an experienced minister at a recent Starkville Community Action and Advocacy meeting. His ready smile and neat khakis topped with a tucked-in shirt and sport coat completed the effect.
Two arrested in rash of armed home invasions Starkville Police Chief Mark Ballard addressed reporters at a press conference Tuesday in Houston as Chickasaw County Sheriff James D. Meyers looks on. Law enforcement announced the arrest of two suspects charged in armed home invasions in Starkville, Pontotoc County and Chickasaw County between April 18 and 30. The two also face other charges or residential burglary and grand larceny in the area. Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff
HOUSTON, Miss. Starkville Police Chief Mark Ballard and Chickasaw County Sheriff James D. Meyers met in-person for the first time Tuesday afternoon. But their agencies, along with about a half-dozen others in North Mississippi, had been working together toward a common goal for weeks.
SPD chief: Auto burglaries ‘at heart’ of city’s juvenile crime problem Starkville Police Chief Mark Ballard answers questions about the proposed juvenile curfew he and city officials hope will curtail juvenile crime at a community meeting held at Starkville High School Monday night. Ballard said juveniles are often out between midnight and 4 a.m. stealing guns in auto burglaries. Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Starkville Police Chief Mark Ballard said juveniles are the ones behind the majority of the auto burglaries in Starkville and drew a direct link between the guns they’ve stolen from cars and the increase in violent crime that has occurred over the past months.
Oktibbeha supes to hold public hearing on potential juvenile curfew
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to discuss the possibility of enacting a juvenile curfew within the county.
Brett Watson
Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Brett Watson presented a potential curfew plan to the board Monday. He gained inspiration for the ordinance after examining multiple juvenile curfews across the state and said he believes the plan will help diminish some of the juvenile misconduct in the area.
“We at the sheriff’s department are looking at this as a way to encounter these folks that are out walking late at night when they shouldn’t be,” Watson said. “It’ll give us an opportunity to encounter them in a legal way.”