Traffic stop for curfew violation has a happy ending

On Thursday, April 30, at 2:42 a.m., a Vicksburg Police officer stopped a white Nissan Rogue on Halls Ferry Road near the intersection of Pemberton Square Boulevard.

Inside the vehicle was Robert Gerhart, a 78-year-old resident of Picayune, Miss., who had been reported missing by his family on Tuesday, April 28.

Gerhart was the subject of a Silver Alert from the Mississippi Highway Patrol. His family was notified that he had been located and was safe, and Gerhart was taken to Merit Health River Region for observation.