Man charged with raping 16-year-old

By DUNCAN DENT

A Neshoba County man was arrested in Dixon Township last month and charged with the rape of a 16-year-old.

The man, Benny Joe Stevens Jr., 43 14770 Highway 21 South, was arrested and charged with rape.

Deputy Administrator Amanda Wilkerson of the Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office said they first received a report on May 13 that Stevens raped the 16-year-old in a Dixon apartment on May 12, Mother’s Day.

A warrant was subsequently issued for Stevens’ arrest.

Wilkerson said Stevens was arrested by Union Police on May 21 for meth possession and released into the custody of the NCSO on May 29.