Police Checkpoint Snags Wanted Criminal

ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- The Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department demonstrated the importance of checkpoints this afternoon.

During a routine checkpoint, 36-year-old Timothy William Peugh was apprehended and is currently in the Itawamba County Jail awaiting extradition to Jefferson County, Texas.

Peugh has warrants in Texas on money laundering charges.