18-05-2025
Mississippi robbery suspect caught after returning to Dollar General for dropped phone
The Brief
A woman accused of robbing a Dollar General in Gulfport, Mississippi.
She returned to the scene to retrieve a phone dropped during the robbery.
Police arrested her on the spot and charged her with armed robbery.
GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi woman is accused of robbing a Dollar General only to be caught when she returned to the scene of the crime to retrieve her cell phone.
The backstory
The Gulfport Police Department said they arrested 34-year-old Jessinya Faye Ezell on May 12 and charged her with one count of armed robbery.
Police said the night before, officers responded to a Dollar General at 2600 Dedeaux Road in reference to an armed robbery.
Investigators said Ezell came into the store, showed a weapon and demanded money. She then got into a fight with an employee before leaving the store with an undisclosed amount of money.
They said while investigators were on the scene, Ezell came back to ask about a cellphone she dropped during the robbery.
She was then identified as the suspect and taken into custody.
What's next
Ezell is being held at the Harrison County Adult Detention Center on a $100,000 bond.
The Source
The information in this story comes from a Facebook post by the Gulfport Police Department. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
