Greenwood, MS – Jadarius Harris, 23 yoa, of Itta Bena was convicted of Second-Degree Murder in Leflore County Circuit Court following his guilty plea on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On July 11, 2020, deputies of the Leflore County Sheriff’s assisted Itta Bena Police in the area of George Street in Itta Bena, MS. Deputies found Cordarious Williams, …
Greenville, MS – This week in Circuit Court, Brian Chillious, 45 yoa, pled guilty to a total of forty years with the Mississippi Department of Correction for a series of child sex crimes that took place in Washington County. Chillious pled guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping, and to the Production of Child Pornography for a …
Greenville, MS – With a jury pool drawn from across Washington County and ready to hear his case, Ellison Lafayette, 32 yoa, chose to plead guilty to causing the death of William Taylor, 51 yoa. Circuit Judge Richard Smith accepted Lafayette’s guilty plea to the charge of Manslaughter and withheld sentencing until a later date. Manslaughter carries a maximum sentence …
Greenville, MS – Berdell Willis, III, 22 yoa, of Greenville, was sentenced following his May 2022 guilty plea to the charge of Second Degree Murder in the November 2017 murder of Darrell Lafayette, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Two days before Thanksgiving in 2017, officers of the Greenville Police Department were dispatched to Fairview Avenue where emergency medical personnel …
Greenville, MS— Romeo Hurt of Greenville pled guilty to Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm by Felon, and Possession of Narcotic Contraband in Washington County on Thursday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Hurt was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in August of 2021 following law enforcement response to an incident that occurred in …
Greenwood, MS—Marquellus Davis (21). of Greenwood was convicted of two house burglaries and one count of possession of a controlled substance in three separate cases in Leflore County following his guilty pleas on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On September 15, 2021, an officer with the Greenwood Police Department observed a small black car traveling at a high …
Greenwood, MS – District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today that that on January 9, 2023, Sammionte Kent of Greenwood pled guilty to two counts of Aggravated Assault, Possession of Marijuana with a Firearm Enhancement, and Felony Fleeing in front of Leflore County Circuit Judge Carol White-Richard. On May 7, 2020, Kent led Leflore County Sheriff Department deputies on a high-speed …
Greenwood, MS – Roy Williams, Jr., 39 yoa, of Greenwood was convicted of Second-Degree Murder in Leflore County Circuit Court following his guilty plea on Monday of this week, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On Thursday July 31, 2019, deputies of the Leflore County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene of a shooting at the intersection of Coleman and …
Greenwood, MS – District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today that Sean Massey, 46 yoa, of Greenwood was convicted of Second Degree Murder in Leflore County following his guilty plea in front of Circuit Judge Carol White-Richard on January 9, 2023. On May 27, 2021, patrol officers with the Greenwood Police Department responded to the Regency Inn in Greenwood in reference …
Greenville, MS— John Jenkins, 36, of Greenville was convicted of Armed Robbery and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon in Washington County following his guilty pleas on Tuesday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On Friday, November 12, 2021, officers of the Greenville Police Department were called to the Double Quick gas station and convenience store located on …
