AUGUST 26, 2009 10:58:00 AM
TIM PRATT
Two Columbus men who were arrested in December for their involvement in a shooting outside a Starkville McDonald’s are facing new charges this week related to an Aug. 15 purse snatching in downtown Starkville.
Christopher Easterwood, 19, of 1129 Seventh St. N. in Columbus, and Tony I. Marton, 17, of the same address, were arrested Monday on charges of accessory after the fact, according to a Starkville Police Department press release. The pair joined a juvenile who was arrested Aug. 19 on a robbery charge; he stands accused of snatching a Mississippi State University student’s purse Aug. 15 at the corner of Main and Lafayette streets, police said.
The juvenile’s name was not released by police because he was under the age of 17. Only the identities of suspects 17 and older who are arrested on felony charges can be released, Starkville police said.
A fourth suspect, 22-year-old Andrea Turner, of 1124 Sixth Ave. N. in Columbus, was arrested by the Columbus Police Department Monday on a warrant for armed robbery charges, which occurred in Columbus. Starkville police have placed a hold on Turner, so when he makes bond on the Columbus, charges he will go directly into the custody of Starkville police.
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