On Monday, August 19, 2024, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office took a walk in report about a possible sexual battery.
The victim stated she had been forced to have sex with the suspect later identified as 29 year old Stephen Thomas Lovelady of Oxford, Mississippi. The victim later signed charges on Mr. Lovelady for sexual battery.
Mr. Lovelady was arrested without incident and his bond was set on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at $10.000.00.