On 06/15/16 A Deputy stopped to check a vehicle located near the bike trail at the end of Belgrade Rd. The Deputy observed 53 year old Darrell McCoy, of Metropolis, naked in the vehicle. While the Deputy was speaking with McCoy, he noticed several pills, not in a container, in plain sight. The Deputy also located a substance that tested positive for Methamphetamine. McCoy was arrested and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine. Additional charges are pending after testing is completed on the pills.
On April 30, 2016 two men came into Hoyer's Outdoor Equipment. The two purchased two chainsaws totaling over $1,100. The two were identified as 51 year old Darrell Keeling and 18 year old Travis Whitehair. The check was written on a closed account of Travis Whitehair. Keeling, shown on the left, has ties to Brookport and Paducah. Whitehair is from Paducah. A warrant was issued in Massac County for Travis Whitehair for Theft and Deceptive Practice. A warrant was also issued for Keeling in Massac County for Theft and Deceptive Practice. Keeling has another outstanding warrant out of Massac County for Failure to Appear on a separate charge of Deceptive Practice. The two are also being sought by the McCracken County Sheriff's Department for similar offenses.
In November 2015 Deputies began investigating a video that had been discovered. The video showed a female minor in a sexual act with a male. Investigators were able to determine that the minor in the video was a 14 year old female. Investigators were also able to determine that the male in the video was 25 year old Cesar Mounts of Metropolis. It was later determined that the video was filmed by Mounts at a residence in Metropolis. Mounts was located in McCracken County. Mounts was arrested and charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault and Possession of Child Pornography. The Massac County Sheriff's Office was assisted in the investigation by the McCracken County Sheriff's Department.
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Short was apprehended in the area of 6th & Broadway and taken back to the Massac County Detention Center. On 06/07/16 at around 11:45 A.M. 22 year old Odeisha Short escaped from a Deputy while being transported from Court. Short fled the area of the Detention Center and fled west. Short took off jail issued yellow clothing and discarded it. Short was last seen wearing white underwear in the 7th & Broadway area. Short was being held at the Massac County Detention Center on an Indiana warrant for Battery by Bodily Waste. |