Wednesday, April 30, 2008

AUTHORITIES IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. WBBJ TV DOT COM REPORTS THE 18-YEAR-OLD DIED MONDAY NIGHT AFTER BEING SHOT OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN RIPLEY. ACCORDING TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY MICHAEL DUNNAVANT, JA-DERRICKO ADAMS WAS FATALLY SHOT ON THE PLAYGROUND OF THE RIPLEY MEADOWS APARTMENTS. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE ADAMS' MURDER WAS A TARGETED ATTACK. ONE PERSON OF INTEREST IS BEING HELD FOR QUESTIONING BUT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.

ALSO FROM TV-7, DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY *SATURDAY* NIGHT SHOOTING NEAR RIPLEY. 22-YEAR-OLD ROY NOOJIN FACES CHARGES OF PREMEDITATED FIRST DEGREE MURDER, ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT WITH A WEAPON AND VANDALISM. 25-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL COX WAS FOUND BY DEPUTIES SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE SIDE OF LIGHTFOOT LUCKETT ROAD. HE HAD SEVERAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HIS TORSO. NOOJIN IS BEING HELD IN LIEU OF 130-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BOND.

A WEST TENNESSEE NURSING HOME HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OKAY TO ONCE AGAIN ACCEPT NEW RESIDENTS. WBBJ REPORTS THE STATE SUSPENDED ADMISSIONS AT OAK MANOR HEALTHCARE CENTER NURSING HOME IN MCKENZIE ON APRIL 14TH AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOUND SEVERAL VIOLATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE 66-BED NURSING HOME HAS NOW RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE.

THE TBI IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN ARRESTED BY MILAN POLICE. POLICE SAY JERMAINE WARD OF JACKSON DIED IN A MILAN HOSPITAL SUNDAY, THE SAME DAY HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN OFFICER NOTICED A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT ON HIS CAR. OFFICERS SAY WARD WAS POSSIBLY CHEWING MARIJUANA WHEN HE WAS PULLED OVER. THE OFFICERS SAY HE HAD TO BE TASERED AND HANDCUFFED BECAUSE HE RESISTED ARREST. WARD WAS CHARGED WITH MARIJUANA POSSESSION, RESISTING ARREST AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. THE T-B-I SAYS WARD'S BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO MEMPHIS FOR AN AUTOPSY.

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