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Man charged after fleeing from law enforcement

Authorities say they attempted to make a stop for a minor traffic offense when the man sped away from the officer.

Posted: Mar 9, 2018 1:04 PM

Posted By: Melvin Carlock

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) -- A Booneville man faces charges after he ran from a police officer attempting to make a traffic stop.

Police Chief Michael Ramey says the officer attempted to stop a car shortly after midnight Thursday morning on Adams Street for a misdemeanor traffic offense.

He says when the officer activated his lights, William Michael Stacey, 24, took off at a high rate of speed.

The officer followed Stacey west of town into the Blackland community.

Ramey says Stacey lost control of the vehicle and wrecked.

He was taken into custody and transported to the Prentiss County jail for felony fleeing and several misdemeanor charges.

Bond was set at $5,000.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 497790

Reported Deaths: 9917

County	Cases	Deaths
Harrison	34102	530
DeSoto	31839	398
Hinds	31837	622
Jackson	24314	377
Rankin	21881	388
Lee	15427	234
Madison	14525	279
Jones	13772	241
Forrest	13412	250
Lauderdale	11937	314
Lowndes	10934	185
Lamar	10470	135
Pearl River	9431	237
Lafayette	8454	138
Hancock	7697	126
Washington	7365	156
Oktibbeha	7111	129
Monroe	6727	174
Warren	6642	176
Pontotoc	6609	101
Neshoba	6606	205
Panola	6460	131
Marshall	6386	132
Bolivar	6266	145
Union	5960	94
Pike	5784	152
Alcorn	5633	101
Lincoln	5417	134
George	4918	79
Scott	4709	98
Tippah	4653	81
Prentiss	4641	81
Leflore	4627	143
Itawamba	4596	104
Adams	4570	119
Tate	4546	109
Copiah	4451	91
Simpson	4421	116
Wayne	4385	72
Yazoo	4385	86
Covington	4273	94
Marion	4216	107
Sunflower	4215	104
Coahoma	4115	104
Leake	4077	87
Newton	3808	79
Grenada	3692	108
Stone	3584	64
Tishomingo	3563	91
Attala	3302	89
Jasper	3282	65
Winston	3131	91
Clay	3063	75
Chickasaw	2967	67
Clarke	2906	94
Calhoun	2779	45
Holmes	2669	87
Smith	2625	50
Yalobusha	2326	47
Tallahatchie	2252	51
Walthall	2177	63
Greene	2155	48
Lawrence	2111	40
Perry	2047	55
Amite	2039	54
Webster	2016	45
Noxubee	1853	40
Montgomery	1790	56
Jefferson Davis	1706	42
Carroll	1674	38
Tunica	1586	39
Benton	1474	38
Kemper	1412	41
Choctaw	1330	26
Claiborne	1312	37
Humphreys	1290	38
Franklin	1191	28
Quitman	1062	27
Wilkinson	1045	39
Jefferson	942	34
Sharkey	640	20
Issaquena	193	7
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 813481

Reported Deaths: 15179

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Jefferson	113997	1910
Mobile	72227	1323
Madison	51970	686
Shelby	37279	341
Baldwin	37069	540
Tuscaloosa	34934	599
Montgomery	33953	725
Lee	23142	240
Calhoun	22142	470
Morgan	20639	372
Etowah	19758	496
Marshall	18245	300
Houston	17302	405
St. Clair	15912	337
Cullman	15306	290
Limestone	15202	198
Elmore	15075	284
Lauderdale	14143	294
Talladega	13715	272
DeKalb	12569	259
Walker	11085	366
Blount	10094	174
Autauga	9893	146
Jackson	9789	180
Coffee	9182	189
Dale	8859	181
Colbert	8789	200
Tallapoosa	7044	195
Escambia	6732	127
Covington	6682	179
Chilton	6587	160
Russell	6259	58
Franklin	5930	105
Chambers	5559	142
Marion	4955	126
Dallas	4882	199
Clarke	4727	82
Pike	4719	105
Geneva	4564	126
Winston	4473	101
Lawrence	4264	117
Bibb	4216	86
Barbour	3554	75
Marengo	3340	89
Monroe	3302	62
Randolph	3270	63
Butler	3247	94
Pickens	3138	82
Henry	3109	65
Hale	3091	87
Cherokee	2999	57
Fayette	2906	79
Washington	2509	51
Cleburne	2469	58
Crenshaw	2435	75
Clay	2403	67
Macon	2305	62
Lamar	2158	46
Conecuh	1856	52
Coosa	1785	38
Lowndes	1737	61
Wilcox	1674	38
Bullock	1517	44
Perry	1380	40
Sumter	1310	38
Greene	1255	44
Choctaw	869	27
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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A cold front passing through our area overnight will bring into our area some of the coolest temperatures of the season so far. We will see most of the highs this weekend only in the upper 60s to lower 70s. While overnight lows will drop off down into the 40s Saturday night.