police department

MEDIA NEWS RELEASE

October 3, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Ridgeland Police Department is requesting your assistance in locating the subject in the photo below. He is
LeKendrick Jawuan Brown and he is wanted for two counts of Auto Burglary.

These incidents occurred in the City of Ridgeland on August 14, 2017 around the Highland Colony Parkway area.
Brown is responsible for entering two vehicles on this same day; one where the door was left unlocked and the other
the window was broken out to gain entry. After gaining entry into the vehicles Brown stole the purses that were left
in the vehicles and travelled to Jackson where he began using the stolen debit cards that were issued to the victims.

Would you please run his photo asking the public for their assistance in locating this individual? They can contact
the Ridgeland Police Department at (601)856-2121 or Crime stoppers with any information on his whereabouts.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

115 West School Street Ridgeland, MS 39157

Ph: 601.856.2121 www.ridgelandms.org
Gene F. McGee, cmo - mayor John R. Neal - chief of police

board of aldermen: DI Smith, cmo - at large Ken Heard, cmo - ward 1 Chuck Gautier, cmo, mayor pro tempore - ward 2
Kevin Holder, cmo - ward 3 Brian P. Ramsey, cmo - ward 4 Scott Jones, cmo - ward 5 Wesley Hamlin, cmo - ward 6