Tag: Booneville

Tupelo, Booneville to host memorials for fallen police officers next week

TUPELO — At least two northeast Mississippi communities will host ceremonies next week as part of National Law Enforcement Memorial Week. The Northeast Mississippi Law Enforcement Memorial Service, hosted by Wives of Warriors and C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors), will begin at 6 p.m. outside the theater at the Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo. The […]

Corinth man charged with Booneville business embezzlement

Feb. 29—BOONEVILLE — Booneville police have charged an Alcorn County man with stealing merchandise from a downtown business. Booneville detectives received a report of embezzlement from a North Second Street area business. That original investigation led authorities to issue an arrest warrant for Rodney Shayne Leslie, 45, of Corinth. He was later apprehended by Prentiss […]