Sheriff: New deputy hires will expand shift coverage
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors’ tentative Fiscal Year 2017-18 budget will allow Sheriff Steve Gladney more manpower to cover the county’s 459 square miles.
Suspect in killing of deputies was twice deported
A man suspected of killing two deputies during a shooting rampage in Northern California was deported twice to Mexico and had a drug conviction, federal authorities said Saturday.
Wounded deputies welcomed back to work
Two Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department deputies who were shot in the line of duty have returned to work.
Lt. Larry Swearingen and Lt. Clint Sims were honored Thursday along with the E-911 dispatchers, first responders and fellow officers who were on the scene of the March 18 shooting in a New Hope subdivision.
Second Lowndes deputy released from hospital
The second Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department deputy injured in a shooting last week has been released from the hospital.
Injured Lowndes County deputy released from hospital
One week after he was shot in the leg, a Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department deputy is home from the hospital.
Miley: ‘They knew he had weapons’
When local law enforcement went to check on a New Hope man whose family was concerned about his welfare Tuesday, they had no idea that what started as a routine call would turn into one of the bloodiest days for law enforcement in recent history.
Answers sought in New Hope shooting case
A man accused of shooting two Lowndes County deputies and injuring a third is sitting alone in a Monroe County jail cell.
Kenneth “Kent” Coscia, 30, has been in solitary confinement since he allegedly opened fire on Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department deputies Tuesday, according to Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell.
Deputy injured in Tuesday’s shooting recovering
A Lowndes County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot earlier this week is expected to be released from the hospital today.
Shooter’s bond set at $3M
Kenneth “Kent” Coscia stood in Lowndes County Justice Court on Wednesday afternoon with a battered, bruised face and slumped shoulders.
The 30-year-old is accused of shooting two Lowndes County Sheriff’s deputies and injuring a third at his New Hope home Tuesday. He wore a bulletproof vest on top of a red prison jumpsuit reserved for dangerous inmates.
Two sheriff’s deputies shot in New Hope
Two deputies with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department were shot and another injured Tuesday afternoon in a residential area of New Hope.
Felony arrests up in both city and county
Felony arrests in Lowndes County and the City of Columbus rose in 2013, according to data provided by the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department and the Columbus Police Department.
Longtime Caledonia deputy marshals resign abruptly
Former law enforcement officers John Pevey and Ben Gill hired as replacements.