Picayune Police Make Numerous Arrests

Picayune Assistant Police Chief Jeremy Magri shared statistics for the Police Department detailing the work of the force during the 4th of July holiday weekend with WRJW News. The department issued 139 citations, made 3 DUI arrests, and made 10 traffic related arrests involving other behaviors including public drunkenness.

In some cases related to those statistics:

On July 1st, just after midnight, Picayune Police officers were dispatched to Highland Hospital on a call received from hospital security who observed a woman exhibiting suspicious behavior in the parking lot. When officers arrived, they came in contact with Carrie May, age 36, of 257 Harry Sones Road in Carriere.

May was observed as being unsteady on her feet, swaying from side to side and her speech was slurred. May was taken into custody for public drunkenness. Officers then searched May’s purse and found a pill bottle that contained one Xanax bar, two and a half suboxone strips still in their packaging, and 11 soma pills.

May was arrested for public drunk and 3 counts of possession of a controlled substance.

On June 30, at 4:08pm, Picayune Police were dispatched to a business at 916 Palestine Road after receiving an anonymous call about a woman who appeared intoxicated and the caller did not want the woman to attempt to drive away. When officers arrived at the location, they observed Jennifer Albritton McCormick, age 41, of 48 Marcus Mitchell Road, Picayune, stumbling as she walked away from a vending machine in front of the business, then McCormick entered a gray Chevrolet