Escaped inmate caught in California
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CollumBy JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
A man who escaped from the old Yazoo County Jail in 2006 has been captured in California.
James Earl “Leather Face” Collum was arrested this week in Oakland, Calif. Sheriff Thomas Vaughan said he is working to get Collum extradited to Yazoo County.
“He’s one of those guys who climbed out of the top of the old jail,” Vaughan said. “He’s been on the run for several years now, but felony warrants never go away.”
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Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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