Man slain, son/ police officer charged

A 14-year-old Mississippi boy has been charged with murder in the slaying of his father, and a police officer charged as an accessory to the killing is also charged with sexual battery of the boy. The boy and two others — 17-year-old LeJerrious A. Perkins and 26-year-old Greg Antonio Fortenberry — are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, arson and conspiracy to commit arson in the death of Kenneth Thompson of McComb. Jasper Cortez Pittman, a 25-year-old Brookhaven police officer, is charged with accessory after the fact of murder, sexual battery, third degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson.