A suspected burglar was captured Thursday after fleeing from police and launching an hours-long manhunt in the woods off Harris Road.
The Oktibbeha County Sheriff”s Office was dispatched to the report of a burglary shortly after 8:20 a.m. Thursday at 2546 Harris Road, south of Chapel Hill Road. During the course of the investigation, deputies determined 42-year-old Lennie Lee Stallings, of 2554 Harris Road, was a suspect in the break-in.
Sheriff”s Office deputies arrived at Stallings” home nearby at 9:13 a.m. to question him about the burglary, but he fled on foot into the nearby woods, OCSO Chief Deputy George Carrithers said.
“They caught up to him at his place and he took off running,” Carrithers said.
Deputies scoured the woods and found Stallings after an approximately three-hour search.
Stallings was transported to Oktibbeha County Jail and booked at 12:50 p.m. on charges of burglary and disturbing the peace.
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