PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) – Pearl Police Chief Nick McLendon says probation officers likely were aware that the alleged Hideaway shooter was arrested on separate charges by his department in June, but he doesn’t know why a hold wasn’t placed on him.
McLendon spoke with 3 On Your Side on Thursday about Eddie Collier’s June 4 arrest following a traffic stop on Interstate 20.
Collier was charged with possessing a Glock switch, a device that converts a handgun into a machine gun, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon…