CRIME REPORTS: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Felonies
The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Wednesday at 11 a.m.
Bobby R. Alexander, 32, of Booneville, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Office, felony shoplifting.
Joshua Hanley, 35, of Pontotoc, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, sexual battery.
Joshua Allen Holcomb, 38, of Saltillo, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, possession of a Schedule II drug, careless driving, driving with a suspended license, no insurance.
Lazarius O. Rogers, 24, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Office, violation of Intensive Supervised Release (house arrest).
Lee County Sheriff's Office
The following reports were filed Wednesday by the Lee County Sherif's Office.
A Mooreville woman said a gray Kia has been abandoned on Treeside Drive at Highway 178. She said the car was first parked there Friday afternoon, and it was still there Tuesday morning. Deputies had the car towed.
A County Road 49, Tupelo, woman returned home around 6 p.m. and found her mailbox had been run over and broken. When she left to go to work around 4 a.m. it was still upright. A neighbor said he saw the mailbox had been toppled when he got back home around 9:30 a.m. The woman had no idea who could be responsible.
Anyone with information on any of these reports is urged to call the Lee County Sheriff's Office at 841-9041, the Tupelo Police Department at 841-6491 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at (800) 773-TIPS or download the P3 Tip App and leave an anonymous tip that way.
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