Mississippi Shooter in Custody: A Mississippi man accused of three shootings and two murders was arrested Wednesday, bringing the multi-state manhunt to a successful close. Fox News reports that Alex Deaton, 28, has been apprehended on suspicion of his involvement in multiple shootings and carjacking, resulting in two fatalities. Deaton was captured in Kansas in the process of jumping state lines in an attempt to stay ahead of the police pursuing him. He is suspected of February 22
strangling death of his girlfriend, Heather Robinson, 30, in Rankin
County, the February 23 shooting death of Brenda
Pinter in a church in Neshoba County, and the February 24 shooting of
a jogger in Rankin County.
Recent Parolee Faces Robbery Charges: A man released on parole last month has been arrested on suspicion of his involvement in a robbery. According to Katie Sobko at North Jersey, "Jerome Farris, 37, faces charges of attempted robbery, resisting arrest and criminal possession of a controlled substance. He reportedly has 32 prior arrests and was released in February on parole for robbery. Farris was reported to have accosted a woman at an ATM, trying to take her wallet and debit card.
Eight Executions Set for April: The Governor of Arkansas signed an order Monday to schedule double executions on four separate days in the upcoming month of April. Steve Barnes at Reuters reports that Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that executions will take place in pairs from April 17 to 27. "This action is necessary to fulfill the requirement of the law, but it is also important to bring closure to the victims' families who have lived with the court appeals and uncertainty for a very long time," he said in a statement. Unfortunately the state is currently lacking potassium chloride, one of the three drugs preferred to the state's lethal injection process. If the state acquires the drug, these will be the first executions in Arkansas since 2005.
Recent Parolee Faces Robbery Charges: A man released on parole last month has been arrested on suspicion of his involvement in a robbery. According to Katie Sobko at North Jersey, "Jerome Farris, 37, faces charges of attempted robbery, resisting arrest and criminal possession of a controlled substance. He reportedly has 32 prior arrests and was released in February on parole for robbery. Farris was reported to have accosted a woman at an ATM, trying to take her wallet and debit card.
Eight Executions Set for April: The Governor of Arkansas signed an order Monday to schedule double executions on four separate days in the upcoming month of April. Steve Barnes at Reuters reports that Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that executions will take place in pairs from April 17 to 27. "This action is necessary to fulfill the requirement of the law, but it is also important to bring closure to the victims' families who have lived with the court appeals and uncertainty for a very long time," he said in a statement. Unfortunately the state is currently lacking potassium chloride, one of the three drugs preferred to the state's lethal injection process. If the state acquires the drug, these will be the first executions in Arkansas since 2005.
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