POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - The Poplar Bluff Police Department says officers were dispatched to WalMart Tuesday, February 12 at 10:16 a.m. for a shoplifter who was running from WalMart loss prevention.

The suspect was described as a black male wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. Police say he got into a red and white Ford regular cab truck that left the parking lot going south on US 67 as they approached.

According to police, a pursuit began and then ended in the 3000 block of Warrior Lane. The driver was arrested without incident as he tried to run into his apartment. The driver was identified as Michael Jackson Reece, white male, 60 years old and from Poplar Bluff. He was taken to the police station and booked on numerous traffic charges, a warrant for felony larceny issued by New Madrid County and resisting arrest. He was later taken to the Butler County Jail.

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - Two men were arrested Wednesday after an armed robbery at a Casey's General Store.

Chaddrick Smith, 22, and Kwamae Triplett, 20, both of Poplar Bluff were booked into the Butler County Jail on charges of robbery 1st degree, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon.

Poplar Bluff police officers received a report of an armed robbery at Casey's General Store in the 500 block of East Pine Street.

Employees told police that two black males wearing hooded sweatshirts and bandannas what appeared to be a handgun, and stole around $200 from the registers.  The suspects fled the scene on foot.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit responded and Deputy Mike Tinker deployed K-9 Joker. 

K-9 Joker tracked the suspects to a nearby parking lot nearby, where acceleration marks were found on the pavement suggesting that the suspects escaped in a vehicle.

BUTLER COUNTY, MO (KFVS)- "I have received approximately five calls from people in this area who have been affected by this Reveton drive-by malware," said Detective Scott Phelps with the Southeast Crime Task Force.

That means you don't have to click anything. Simply, visiting a site that's infected will infect your computer.

"This scam pretends to be the FBI," Phelps said. "It plays off their fears too. They think they caught me. I better pay this to stay out of trouble."

Phelps says this is not the way FBI contacts me though.

"The FBI does not contact people through an email or when you visit a website," Phelps said. "If the FBI wants to talk to you, they'll come to your door."

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