Sheriff: Miss. bank teller killed, suspect also dead
A Mississippi bank teller was killed during an attempted robbery, and authorities say the suspect took her own life after a police chase.
Authorities seek bank robbery suspect
Local and federal law enforcement are searcing for a suspect in an alleged bank robbery Friday morning.
Marshals arrest alleged West Point robber
Authorities say a man accused of robbing a West Point bank in July has been taken into custody in Georgia.
West Point police seek bank robber
A bank robber is on the loose.
Free fallin’: Family says alleged bank robbery was a desperate act in a life that had spiraled out of control
When Ashby Barton came to Columbus two weeks ago to enter treatment for his addictions he hoped to bring a photograph of his late girlfriend.
He put it in a box, along with some other items. The picture of his girlfriend, though, which was taken before she died in a December car crash, was most important to Barton.
Robbery suspect also faces felony escape charge
The suspect of a bank robbery Thursday has received an additional charge of felony escape, Columbus Police Department spokesperson Latasha Key confirmed Friday.
Bank robbery suspect in custody
Columbus authorities have a suspect in custody after a bank robbery Thursday.
Ashby Barton, 24, of 307 Sawyer Rd., in Winona was arrested and charged with one count of robbery.
Police ask to give sick leave to wounded officer
Tupelo police want to donate unused sick leave to the officer who was wounded during a deadly bank robbery.
Officer Joseph Maher released from the hospital
Tupelo officer Joseph Maher who was shot while trying to stop a bank robber last week, has been released from the hospital.
Wanted Tupelo bank robber killed after robbery in Phoenix
The Secret Service says that the man authorities have linked to a three-state bank robbery spree, the killing of one Mississippi police officer, and wounding of another was arrested in 2010 after being accused of making online threats against the president.
Crowds turn out to support fallen Tupelo officer
There was a massive showing of support Friday for the family of deceased Tupelo Police Sgt. Kevin “Gale” Stauffer, who was shot and killed by a fleeing suspect when responding to a bank robbery on Monday.
Our view: As we grieve for our neighbors, we wait for answers
It happened 70 miles to the north, yet the tragic event that played out in Tupelo Monday hit far closer to home than that.
Around 3 p.m. Monday, a pair of Tupelo Police Department officers were gunned down in a shootout after responding to a robbery call in a busy area of town.
Wounded second officer remains hospitalized
Police don’t have a suspect yet in the death of one Tupelo police officer and the wounding of another, but authorities are chasing down leads and talking to people of interest, says Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Ray Hall.
One Tupelo officer killed, another critical
A Tupelo police officer remains hospitalized after a shooting that killed 38-year-old Cpl. Gale Stauffer.
Suspects sought after movie-style bank heist
Two masked gunmen managed to evade authorities after a bizarre bank heist, strapping what they said was a bomb to her midsection and forcing her to order employees to “take out all the money” from her branch.
Smithville bank robbed; suspects in custody
SMITHVILLE — Monroe County law enforcement officials arrested a Tupelo woman on a charge of armed robbery Tuesday after a Renasant Bank branch in Smithville was robbed at around 11:30 a.m. A male was taken into custody later in the day in Lee County but was released without being charged.
Bank robber nabbed after heist at Cadence Bank in Aberdeen
David Broyles, 33, of Prairie, is in custody in the Monroe County Jail after robbing Cadence Bank on Highway 45 in Aberdeen Friday morning.