Two men have been charged with shelter in place violations and at least one has been charged with kidnapping a juvenile after they tried to run from Starkville police at a driver’s license checkpoint Friday night.
Larry Simon, 31, of Jackson, and Quincy Smedley, 32, of Laurel, were in a car that nearly hit a police officer after failing to stop at the checkpoint at the intersection of Louisville Street and Industrial Park Road, according to a Starkville Police Department press release. The two men and a third individual, a 16-year-old, left the car and tried to flee on foot when they reached the Emerson Family School.
Police caught Simon and Smedley immediately and caught the juvenile after searching the area. SPD Public Information Officer Brandon Lovelady said she is from Jackson and that Simon is charged with kidnapping her.
In addition to the shelter in place violation and kidnapping charges, Simon was charged with felony fleeing because he did not stop when police signaled, and possession of a weapon by a felon, according to the press release.
Smedley was charged with simple assault of a police officer in addition to the shelter in place violation.
Both are being held in the Oktibbeha County Jail, and bond has not been set as of press time.
Tess Vrbin was previously a reporter for The Dispatch.
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