This year’s Neshoba County Fair will feature heightened security measures.
Deputies with the Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office will use a thermal imaging drone to patrol the fairgrounds. The announcement follows a string of car burglaries that have taken place in the area in recent years.
On Tuesday, the NCSO posted a video on social media showing two males attempting to break into a vehicle parked in one of the lots designated for campers.
Since the video was posted by law enforcement, the two men, 21-year-old Jimmie Aaron Smith and 18-year-old Jacob Scott Ladd, have been taken into custody. The two men are accused of six car burglaries and are reported to have stolen items from a cabin and a camper. Both face charges for petit larceny and commercial burglary.
According to Sheriff Eric Clark, auto burglaries have become somewhat commonplace at the Neshoba County Fairgrounds leading up to Mississippi’s Giant House Party, while the fair is taking place, and afterward.
The Neshoba County Fair will kick off on Friday, July 26, and run through Friday, August 2.
