JACKSON — Authorities arrested a man Wednesday in Vicksburg and charged a second person in connection with the killing of James Dotson Jr., a sergeant with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office who was off duty at the time of his death.
The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Ladarien Tyrese Jones, was taken into custody in Vicksburg by the Jackson Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Task Force. He is charged with murder and auto theft.
A second person, 27-year-old Mercedes Guise, was arrested and charged with hindering prosecution and accessory after the fact. Both Jones and Guise were booked into city holding…