Amite Police Chief Jerry Trabona reported Tuesday, April 6 that an Amite man was arrested for the murder of a Texas resident. Jerry Belton, 51 of West Magnolia Street was arrested Monday evening, April 5 after apparently murdering a woman from Texas.
The Amite Police Department received a telephone call Monday from the Houston Police Department stating that they had a warrant for murder for Belton and he was believed to have returned home to Amite after the murder of a Houston woman on Easter Sunday.
Belton was arrested by APD on West Palmetto Street and transported to the Tangipahoa Parish Jail and charged with being a fugitive from another jurisdiction. Two detectives from Houston arrived Tuesday and interviewed Belton and then spoke with Trabona.
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