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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …