Meridian, MS — Officers with the Meridian Police Department and the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department responded early this morning to a reported burglary at the Lauderdale County Farm Supply on 49th Avenue.
According to authorities, two suspects were taken into custody after attempting to flee in a van parked behind the co-op near the railroad tracks. Investigators later confirmed that the van had also been reported stolen.
A sign posted on the store’s entrance—reading “Free Ride in a Police Car If You Shoplift”—proved unintentionally fitting as officers escorted the pair from the scene.
The incident remains under investigation.