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INCIDENT / ARREST REPORT

Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department
711 Jackson Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655

___ INCIDENT
___ Juvenile
___ Senior Citizen
___ Gang

_X_ ARREST
___ Child Abuse
___ Domestic
___ Involved Alcohol

CASE NUMBER:
000153-06A-2023

Date Reported:
1/27/2023

Time Reported:
5:14 PM

OFFENSE:
Homicide

STATUTE:
97-3-19

_X_ Committed
___ Attempted

OFFENSE:
TBD

STATUTE:

___ Committed
___ Attempted

OFFENSE:

STATUTE:
 

___ Committed
___ Attempted

Location of Offense (Exact address, include Room/Apt. No.)
142 Colonial Road, Oxford, Mississippi

Date of Offense:
1/6/2023

Time of Offense:
9:00 p.m. ‒ 10:00 p.m.

Location of Arrest (Exact address, include Room/Apt. No.)
345 County Road 101, Oxford, Mississippi

Date of Arrest:
1/27/2023

Time of Arrest:
5:14 PM

Reporting Officer:
Det. S. Murphy

Unit Number:
633

Assisting Officer:
Det. T. Armstrong

Unit Number:
615

Persons

PERSON 1

Type:
Arrestee

Category:
Adult

Foul Play Suspected
Yes

Name:
Kenneth Lemmons

Alias/Street Name/Nickname
None

Vic/Offender Relationship
Unknown

Race
Caucasian

Height
5' 11"

Weight
160 lbs.

Hair
Gray

Eyes
Hazel

Sex
M

Shoes
Brown

Jacket/Coat
N/A

Shirt
White

Pants
Khaki

Skirt/Dress
N/A

Age
54

DOB
8/14/1968

Social Security #
XXX-XX-XXXX

Scars/Marks/Tattoos
None visible

Injury Extent
N/A

Injury Description
N/A

Address
269 McElroy Drive, Oxford, Mississippi

Res Phone 662-259-XXXX
Bus Phone N/A

Occupation
Unemployed

Employer/School
N/A

Employer Address
N/A

Property

ITEMS OF EVIDENCE/PROPERTY RECOVERED

(1)

Type
___ Damaged
___ Lost
___ Recovered
___ Stolen
_X_ Taken into Evidence

Item Description

000153-060: Vicodin, 100-count bottle, 31 tablets remaining, recovered from defendant's pocket, prescribed to Kenneth Lemmons, refilled 1/09/2023

Reporting Officer's Narrative

REPORTING OFFICER'S NARRATIVE (Brief narrative of the facts surrounding the offense and the arrest.)

At 5:14 p.m., R/Is arrived at 345 County Road 101 to arrest Kenneth Lemmons in connection with the death of Dr. Veronica Smith on January 6, 2023.

R/Is entered the public waiting room of Billee's Auto Service, announced themselves to shop owner Billy Lee, and informed him of their intention to take Kenneth Lemmons into custody. Billy Lee led R/Is into the shop, where they took Kenneth Lemmons into custody without incident.

After being advised of his rights, Kenneth Lemmons was removed from the shop for transport to YCSD headquarters.

 

DEFENDANT'S VERSION/REMARKS (What did the defendant say about the offense or his/her whereabouts at the time of offense?)

The defendant said he understood his rights and declined to make any further statement under the advice of his attorney.

REPORTING OFFICER

Sam Murphy

DATE REPORTED

1/27/2023

REPORTING OFFICER

//Sam Murphy
Signature

633
Unit Number

1/27/2023
Date

ASSISTING OFFICER

//Ted Armstrong
Signature

615
Unit Number

1/27/2023
Date