Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson and Daily Journal reporter Danza Johnson talk about Internet safety. Today’s topic is chat rooms.
January 29, 2008
January 24, 2008
Two car accident in Tupelo …
Photo: C. Todd Sherman
A two car accident sent six people to the hospital with minor injuries Thursday.
Tupelo Police Department Sgt. Tim Clouse said the accident happened at about 1:30 p.m. on Thomas Street and Crabapple Street.
The street was closed for about 30 minutes until the accident was cleared.
January 22, 2008
Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson and Daily Journal reporter Danza Johnson talk about safety on the Internet. For more information on Internet safety go to www.leecosheriff.com.
January 18, 2008
Accident on Highway 78 …
Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. H.L. Kitchens said a dump truck that turned over on Highway 78 near Blue Springs today didn’t result in any injuries. The accident happened at 2:31 p.m. not far from the future site of the Toyota plant. The accident took more than an hour to clean up.
January 17, 2008
From today …
A traffic stop and short foot chase led to the partial lock down of Carver Elementary School today.
School Resource Officer Lt. Terry Sanford said the children were not confined to their rooms, but were not allowed to go outside and the doors of the school were locked.
The suspect was never apprehended, but the partial lock down lasted for about an hour. Officers made sure the suspect was no longer in the area before things were reopened.
Also …
After “a long and horrible ordeal,” former Joyner Elementary School teacher Robert Chisholm can get back to his normal life.
A jury in Walton County, Fla., on Wednesday found Chisholm not guilty of child molestation charges filed against him last year.
Chisholm, 31, was accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl while on a personal trip to Destin, Fla. He was placed on administrative leave from his job as physical education teacher at Joyner after his arrest in May. The girl was not attending a Tupelo school.
Read more about these stories in Friday’s Daily Journal.
January 15, 2008
Crime reports …
The following report was filed with the Tupelo Police Department …
A woman at a gas station on West Jackson Street reported that a man came into the store and took a beer without paying. Because his car wouldn’t start, the man was still there when police arrived. He said he was going to go back and pay the clerk, but he’d already drank the beer.
Read more of these crime reports each day in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
Internet safety tips with Sheriff Johnson …
Daily Journal crime reporter Danza Johnson talks with Sheriff Jim Johnson about Internet safety. Look for this feature every Tuesday at djournal.com. This week they talk about how the Lee County Sheriff’s office started a to catch a predator program.
For more about Internet safety and other crime issues vist the Lee County Sheriff’s Web site: click here for Lee County Sheriff’s Web site.
Welcome to the NeMiss Crime Blotter …
Hello,
Glad you’ve joined us at the NeMiss Crime Blotter. My name is Danza Johnson and I’ve been the crime reporter at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal for the past three years next week. I’m looking forward to share the news and hearing from you on this crime blog.
Danza
