Crime
OPD Charges Tupelo Man with Sexual Battery
A Tupelo man was arrested recently and charged with sexually battering a minor.
On June 1, the Oxford Police Department took a report of an alleged sexual battery of a juvenile.
After investigation, Branson Gilliam, 21, of Tupelo was charged with sexual battery.
Gilliam was taken before a Lafayette County Justice Court judge for his initial bond hearing and issued a $15,000 bond.
Staff report