DeSoto County escapee sticking in Chicago for now
“(Joshua) Zimmerman has been taken into custody, and our team is already on the ground in Chicago, fully prepared to commence the next phase of our investigation,” DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas E. Tuggle II said after the suspect’s arrest. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
After months on the lam, DeSoto County escapee Joshua Zimmerman was found barricaded in a Chicago restaurant.
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Rob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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