Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Teens Arrested in School Fires

 State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney issued the following statement. 

Seven juveniles are accused of setting two separate fires at a vacant school located at 288 Green Avenue, Drew, MS 38737. The first fire was set on October 14, 2023 and extinguished by the Drew Volunteer Fire Department with minimal damage. The second fire was set on October 15, 2023 and caused the structure to burn and collapse. The fire involved a school building that was no longer being used and was in the process of being added to the Historical Register in Sunflower County, Miss.

Following an investigation by the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO), the Drew Police Department arrested four 15-year-olds and two 14-year-olds. They are charged with one count of 1st Degree Arson and one count of Trespass each. All are confined to their homes pending their court appearance. Their names are being withheld because they are minors. A seventh juvenile is still at large.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...



There is not much for kids to do in Drew these days-

Anonymous said...

"burning for something to do

Anonymous said...

Archie Manning’s Alma mater.

Anonymous said...

That will workout real good, their family can visit them just up the road in Parchman.

Anonymous said...

3:12 P.M. Today Drew is like a third world country. Drew in the 1950s and 1960s was a great place to live. I believe that in the 60s the school was the number one in the state in their class school. Maybe Don Drane will comment on this. Yes, 3:38 it is Archie's old school. He lived just across the street from the high school. Mainly because of the hospital my home town of Ruleville is doing great. Most of the Delta towns are just like Drew.

Anonymous said...

Sad! Where the heck are their parents!! I do t get it.

Anonymous said...

In Drew, it is either pulling the legs off of spiders or starting fires.

Anonymous said...

Give these boys a zippo and a jug of diesel fuel and let them come burn down some of this dilapidated shit in Jackson

Anonymous said...

I went to Delta State from 1993-1997 and loved the school and Cleveland. When I graduated I had a U-Haul loaded and moved out. The Delta is a special place, but I knew as a young man there was no future there. When I left in '97 I figured it would just remain frozen in time. I went back for work 25 years later and was surprised. Cleveland had actually flourished (if you would give me a little grace) and the entire remainder of the Delta took a terrible turn for the worst. From Greenwood (where the entire downtown is empty except for the Krystal Grill) to Tunica (where you could film a post apocalyptic movie for very little budget) all of the towns are dying. Drew was a little neat town in 1995. It's a ghost town now. In the entire Delta it looks like this. The larger towns like Greenwood, Greenville, Clarksdale all have grown a little but have turned into crime ridden, rotted out little Detriots. The smaller towns like Drew, Marigold, Shelby, Itta Bina, Belzoni, etc have all been reduced to third world country status. It's really kind of sad to see.


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