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3 arrested during "Operation Safe Summer"

The main goal of "Operation Safe Summer" was to make sure all of the registered sex offenders in Harrison County were in compliance.
Photo Courtesy Marshall Police Department

HARRISON COUNTY — Kendall Bernard Gatson, 37, Robert Louis Price, 47 and 19-year-old David Wayne Knighten were all arrested during "Operation Safe Summer," a program enforced by various officials in Harrison County.

Deputies, officers and other authorities implemented "Operation Safe Summer," a joint operation to make sure registered sex offenders complied to Harrison County regulations.

Over several weeks, operations made up of three phases were put in place; compliance check phase, investigation phase and apprehension phase.

Out of the roughly 175 registered sex offenders in Harrison County, Gatson, Price and Knighten were arrested and booked into the Harrison County Jail.

Authorities said that Price complied with the terms of his sex offender registration, but, during the investigation phase of the operation, it was revealed he had warrant for a probation violation.

Arrest warrants have also been issued for two more offenders as part of the operation.

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