SCATES, JR. SENTENCED TO MAXIMUM

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—John Scates, Jr. was sentenced to Twenty-Five (25) years to serve in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections following a sentencing hearing for his conviction of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm Enhancement, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. A Washington County trial jury announced its guilty verdicts earlier this year in May following a two day trial …

WELLS SENTENCED TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN PRISON

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Geor’Barri Wells was sentenced to Twenty-Five (25) years to serve in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections stemming from his convictions for Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Wells was found guilty by a jury of his peers at the conclusion of a three-day trial in July. His indictment arose from …

DEFENDANT CONVICTED FOR SHOOTING MAN IN THE BACK

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Geor’Barri Wells, 26, of Leland, was found Guilty of Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault Saturday in Washington County following a four-day jury trial. In the early morning hours of Thursday, May 10, 2018, officers of the Greenville Police Department were called to the lobby of the Main Street station to assist a citizen who was frantically knocking on …

JENNIFER YORK CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER & CHILD NEGLECT

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today that a Washington County Jury returned Guilty verdicts on six (6) criminal charges against Jennifer York on the evening of Wednesday, August 4, 2021.  The trial, which began on Monday, August 2, was tried in the Circuit Court of Washington County and presided over by Judge Margaret Carey-McCray.  Sentencing in the case has …

Holmes County Assistant Principal Sentenced for Sexual Battery of Student

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Dyana Thomas pled guilty Tuesday, July 20th, and was sentenced on July 23rd, in Leflore County Circuit Court to the charge of sexual battery against a student while he was an assistant principal at Holmes County Central High School.  Thomas’s trial was set for July 21st in Leflore County before Judge …

Stephen Williams sentenced to Two Consecutive Life Sentences

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Stephen B. Williams, Jr. of Itta Bena, Mississippi, pled guilty to two counts of first degree murder and was sentenced by Leflore Circuit Judge Ashley Hines to serve two consecutive life sentences for the March 16, 2020 slayings of 49 year old Jacqueline Taylor and 58 year old Freddie Mask in …

JUSTICE DELAYED, NOT DENIED FOR DEMETRIUS WEBB

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Indianola, MS—Lonnie Butler, 33, of Clarksdale was found Guilty of First Degree Murder with a Firearm Enhancement and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in Sunflower County following a three-day jury trial, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. During the trial, the State put before the jury evidence that on the evening of November 21, 2011, Butler shot …

JOHN SCATES, JR. FOUND GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH ENHANCEMENT

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—John Scates, Jr., 49, of Greenville was found Guilty of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm Enhancement in Washington County following a two-day jury trial, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. The State presented evidence to the jury at the trial that during the early evening of October 19, 2017, the victim, Henry Bates traveled to Scates’ place of business, …

DRIVER SENTENCED TO MAXIMUM FOR SHOOTING EX, KILLING BABY

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Jonathan Driver of Etta, MS, was convicted of Second Degree Murder and Attempted Murder in Washington County following his guilty pleas on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. With his trial scheduled to take place in July, Driver pled guilty at the deadline Monday morning. Witnesses set to appear at the pending trial would have provided testimony that …

WILLIE PAM CONVICTED IN HOLLANDALE MURDER

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS- District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Willie Pam pled guilty Monday, May 10th, in Washington County Circuit Court to the charges of Second Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon. With the case set for trial before Judge Carol White-Richard, Pam entered a plea of guilty to the charges brought against him.  …