Drug round nets six arrests for Mississippi narcotics agents Friday

Published 1:55 pm Wednesday, March 1, 2023

The Vicksburg Police Department Narcotics Division along with the Criminal Investigations Division conducted a round-up in which six arrests were made on Friday.

According to police reports, each suspect had pre-existing felony warrants for separate charges.

The suspects and related charges are as follows:

  • Clyde Beryl Stinson, 44 of Vicksburg: possession of methamphetamine
  • Cartez De’Shawn Evans, 24 of Vicksburg: possession of cocaine, weapon possession by a convicted felon, and weapon enhancement involving drugs
  • Jonathan Christopher Phelps, 34 of Vicksburg: possession of a stolen firearm
  • Devan Lamorris Benard, 36 of Vicksburg: possession of cocaine
  • Anthony Duaine Long, 48 of Vicksburg: possession of cocaine, weapon possession by a convicted felon, and weapon enhancement involving drugs
  • Amber Dawn Mason Spencer, 43 of Vicksburg: hindering prosecution, rendering criminal assistance

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The six defendants appeared before Judge Angela Carpenter in the Vicksburg Municipal Court on the same day as the arrests.

Stinson’s bond was set at $20,000; Evan’s bond was set at $75,000; Phelps’s bond was set at $20,000; Benard’s bond was set at $20,000; Long’s bond was set at $75,000 and Spencer’s bond was set at $20,000.

All were bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury.