Coleman Sentenced for Greenville Crimes of Armed Robbery and Murder

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville MS- On August 21, 2018, Washington County Circuit Judge Carol White Richard accepted the guilty pleas of Ladarrian Coleman, 19 yoa, for two separate violent felonies. Coleman was charged and pled guilty to a 2014 armed robbery and pled guilty to the 2015 killing of Jimmy Dawson. These crimes both occurred in Greenville, Mississippi. The 2014 armed robbery stemmed …

Scott Gas Station Shooter Gets 70 Year Sentence

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS-On August 20, 2018, Leflore County Senior Circuit Judge Ashley Hines accepted the guilty plea of Waltdrakus Hunter, 39 yoa. Hunter was indicted by the January 2018 grand jury for the charges of attempted capital murder and armed robbery as a violent habitual offender. Hunter had previously been convicted in 2002 of armed robbery and manslaughter. In 2017, Hunter …

Jury Finds House Burglar Guilty

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS- After a twelve (12) minute deliberation, a Washington County Jury found Greenville resident, Donaysha Morris, guilty of burglary of a dwelling earlier this week, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Richardson said, “[t]he jury in this case showed with their verdict that Washington County residents are not going to sit idly by and allow people to break …

Clifton Dean Sentenced to 25 YEARS after Jury Trial and Conviction

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—On Monday, August 13th, Senior Circuit Judge Ashley Hines sentenced Clifton Dean to the maximum punishment allowed for his role in the killing of Frederick Williams on March 30, 2012. Dean was convicted by a Washington County Jury at the conclusion of his trial in mid-July. During the sentencing hearing, relatives of Williams fought back tears and channeled emotion …

Markee Gibson Sentenced to 20 Years for Greenville Killing

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS- Marquee Gibson was sentenced in the Circuit Court of Washington County District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Gibson was sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections after he pled guilty to Manslaughter for the 2016 killing of Jaricky Jackson in Greenville. Gibson was scheduled to go to trial in July in …

Crime Spree Ends with Twenty-Eight Year Sentence

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS- A man responsible for a Washington County crime spree was brought to justice this week in Washington County. Lorenzo Dye pled guilty to multiple felony crimes in front of Judge Ashley Hines District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today and was sentenced to twenty-eight total years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Dye pled guilty to multiple offenses, …

Three sentenced in killing of a seventeen year old in Itta Bena

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS: On August 6, 2018, in Leflore County Circuit Court, Demarcio Baines and Devonte Williams pled guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of seventeen (17) year old Knicholas “Little Nick” Bradley in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Andraus Griggs also pled guilty to conspiracy to shoot into a dwelling in relation to the shooting death of Knicholas Bradley. One day …

Father’s Day shooter pleads guilty to Manslaughter and Aggravated Assault

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS: Dexter Jackson of Greenwood pled guilty in Leflore County Circuit Court to the shooting death of Corey Spells and the aggravated assault of Drekus Lindsey, which occurred on Father’s Day in 2016. Jackson was indicted by the April 2017 grand jury for the charge of first degree murder and aggravated assault, which arising out of the June 19, …

Samuel Ford sentenced to thirty years for Statutory Rape

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS: On August 9, 2018, Senior Circuit Court Judge Ashley Hines sentenced Samuel Ford to a term of thirty (30) years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections after Ford pled guilty to the statutory rape. Ford was indicted for statutory rape in the November 2017 grand jury. After the thirteen (13) year old girl’s mother discovered that she had …

Habitual Auto Burglar sentenced in thirteen counts of Auto Burglary and one count of a Possession of a Firearm by a Felon

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS: In Leflore County Circuit Court, Greenville native, Isiah Hall, pled guilty to thirteen (13) counts of automobile burglary and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Hall was indicted for the fourteen (14) different charges as a Habitual Offender by the January 2018 grand jury. The Leflore County Sheriff’s Department thoroughly investigated reports of …