Three Columbus men and a Macon man have been arrested for a home invasion last week on Reed Road.
On Dec. 1 at approximately 11:45 p.m., officers from the Starkville Police Depart-ment responded to a report of a home invasion at 1403 Reed Road. The 71-year-old victim reported she was awakened by a knock on the door from three black males who asked to use her telephone, according to Starkville police.
The victim, whom police are not identifying, allowed the men inside to use her cellular phone and one of the suspects pretended to make a call, police said. One of the other suspects then pulled out a black, large-frame automatic handgun and told the victim to “sit down and shut up,” according to police.
The subject held the victim at gunpoint while the other suspect, who was pretending to use the cell phone, robbed her of $520 in cash and some change. The suspects then left the scene.
Through the investigation, Marcel Jones, 22, of 677 Yorkville Road, Columbus, Apt. A-1, Donnie Harris, 20, of 405 10th St., Apt. C, Columbus, Christopher James Whooper, 26, of 5051 Military Road, Columbus, and Willie Harris Graham Jr., 30, of 803 Hall Road, Macon, were charged with armed robbery. All four are being held on $250,000 bond.
The Oktibbeha County Sheriff”s Office, the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, the Columbus Police Department and the Lowndes County Sheriff”s Office assisted in the investigation.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call Starkville police at 662-323-4131 or Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at 1-800-530-7151.
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