Guard shot at in HAWL
Published 7:56 pm Tuesday, July 25, 2006
An unknown assailant fired a shot at a security guard in Hide-A-Way Lake Sunday and a man wanted for the rape of a county resident was recently caught in Louisiana.
As the HAWL security guard was patrolling the gated community, he heard a shot in the vicinity of Sunnybrook Road. As the guard was investigating, he heard another gunshot and felt something hit the truck he was in, said Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Aaron Russell. The guard left the scene and called the Sheriff’s Department from the guard house at 3:16 p.m.
The responding deputy observed a buck shot marks on the rear passenger side of the bed of the truck, Russell said. The department has no suspects and no witnesses at press time but are hopeful someone will call Crime Stoppers, he said.
Crime Stoppers is a anonymous tip system that provides rewards for information leading to the arrest of suspects. The number to provide tips to Crime Stoppers is 601-799-CLUE.
Bruce Devillier, general manager for the gated community, declined through an intermediary at the front gate to give a statement on the incident.
Russell reported that a suspect sought several crimes in May has beenapprehended again, this time in Louisiana.
The suspect wanted for rape, burglary and for stealing a vehicle was arrested in Lake Charles, La., Russell said. The suspect in all three incidences is Jimmy Calahan, 28, whose last knowm address is 112 Westchester Dr., Pearl River County. He was first arrested in Senora, Texas, Russell said.
Calahan later escaped the Texas jail, only to be picked up in Lake Charles, Russell said. Calahan now faces charges in three states and will be extradited to Mississippi when Lake Charles agency is through processing him, Russell said.
In Texas, he faces charges of auto theft, simple assault and escape pending. Lake Charles is holding him for possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of a stolen firearm, damaging police equipment and three counts of aggravated assault, Russell said.
Pearl River County will proceed with their charges of rape, burglary and grand larceny when Calahan is extradited here, Russell said.