On Wednesday, July 31, 2019, officers with the Oxford Police Department responded to the Dollar General on Highway 7 South for an auto burglary.
Through the course of the investigation it was discovered that Thaddeous Johnson (29 of Byhalia, Mississippi) and Rashard Brown (25 of Ripley, Mississippi) were 2 of the 3 individuals responsible for the auto burglary.
The next day, the Ripley Police Department arrested and transported the suspects to the Union County Jail. They were transported to the Lafayette County Detention Center and charged with auto burglary. They were given a bond of $5,000 by a Justice Court Judge.
The third individual is currently being held at the Union County Jail on unrelated charges and has not been formally charged yet.
