Two Natchez residents were arrested Wednesday on drug charges following a search at an apartment in the Cedar Hurst apartment complez.

According to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Metro Narcotics agents arrested 33-year-old Derrick Lamont Coleman and 35-year-old Natalie Nicole Letcher following an extensive investigation.

Coleman was charged with two counts of sale of marijuana within 1,500 ft. of a church, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1,500 ft. of a church, possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute within 1,500 ft.

An Adams County woman was arrested Thursday after officers found two dead dogs and several other neglected dogs at a home the woman was renting.

Latoya Burden, 25, was charged with animal cruelty and released Thursday on $1,000 bond, according to a press release from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.

On March 29, deputies responded to Burden's residence on Martin Luther King Street in Natchez in response to a citizen’s complaint, according to the ACSO.

Deputies reportedly found the decaying body of an adult dog outside the home and two

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has made two arrests in a child abuse case.

Earlier this week, deputies arrested Erica Nicole Bumgarner, 23, and Daniel Justin Bumgarner, 30, on charges of child abuse and battery causing serious bodily harm. Authorities say the alleged victim is a child under the age of 13.