On January 5th, the Oxford Police Department was dispatched to a business in the 100 block of Thacker Road to take an embezzlement report.

After investigation, 20-year-old Preshaye Hearn, of Oxford, and 20-year-old Sincere Swims, of Oxford, were both arrested and charged with Embezzlement for stealing scratch-off tickets from the business.

Hearn and Swims were both taken before a Lafayette County Justice Court judge for their initial bond hearing and issued a $5,000 bond.