{"id":158999,"date":"2026-05-14T17:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=158999"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:56:40","slug":"lafayette-county-sheriffs-office-arrests-person-for-credit-card-use-with-intent-to-defraud-and-possession-of-paraphernalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/lafayette-county-sheriffs-office-arrests-person-for-credit-card-use-with-intent-to-defraud-and-possession-of-paraphernalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafayette County Sheriff\u2019s Office Arrests Person for Credit Card Use with Intent to Defraud and Possession of Paraphernalia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On May 5, 2026, Deputies with the <strong>Lafayette County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/strong> received a report of a missing wallet. On May 9, 2026, Deputies received further information that the cards in the missing wallet had fraudulent charges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christy Lynn Ward<\/strong> (46 F) was identified as a possible suspect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After conducting an investigation into the matter, Ward was located and subsequently charged with Credit Card Use with Intent to Defraud over $100.00 and possession of paraphernalia on May 11, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward appeared before a <strong>Justice Court Judge<\/strong> on May 12, 2026 and issued a $5,000.00 bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Christy-Lynn-Ward.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Christy-Lynn-Ward.jpg?resize=640%2C436\" alt=\"Christy Lynn Ward (46 F)\" class=\"wp-image-159019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Christy-Lynn-Ward.jpg?w=704&amp;ssl=1 704w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Christy-Lynn-Ward.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy Lynn Ward (46 F)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 5, 2026, Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff\u2019s Office received a report of a missing wallet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1010,"featured_media":159019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10397],"tags":[34694,256,4469,5],"class_list":["post-158999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-christy-lynn-ward","tag-lafayette-county","tag-lafayette-county-sheriff","tag-mississippi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Christy-Lynn-Ward.jpg?fit=704%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159020,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158999\/revisions\/159020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}