Curfew violations lead to two arrests in Vicksburg

Curfew violations led Vicksburg Police officers to make two arrests in separate incidents unrelated to the city’s curfew.

Just after midnight on Thursday, March 26, police arrested Kevin Wilson, 37, of Vicksburg, on Halls Ferry Road. Wilson was found to have an active warrant from the Mississippi Department of Corrections and was in possession of a handgun at the time.

In a second incident, officers stopped a vehicle on North Frontage Road for a curfew violation on Friday, March 27, at 4:13 a.m. The driver, Franklin Barrett, 53, of Crystal Springs, Miss., was in possession of methamphetamine.

Wilson and Barrett both appeared before Judge Angela Carpenter in Vicksburg Municipal Court on Friday, March 27.

Wilson was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and Carpenter set his bond at $30,000.

Barrett was charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine. His bond was set at $40,000.

Both suspects were bound over to the Warren County grand jury.

In an unrelated incident, Vicksburg Police officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of Evergreen Drive in reference to an auto burglary on Thursday, March 26, at 9:58 a.m. The victim stated that someone went into the center console of a unlocked 2009 Nissan Maxima, stealing $80 as well as the owner’s manual from the glove compartment.

If you have information on any of these incidents, please call the Vicksburg Police Department at 601-636-2511.