Greenville – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Kerwanda Mitchell was convicted of the killing of Greenville man, Sam Hurt, III.  With trial set to begin on August 21, 2023, before Judge Carol White-Richard in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mitchell chose instead to plead guilty to the charge brought against her.  Mitchell pled guilty to …

Greenville, MS—Daniel Grace, 23, of Greenville, pled guilty to Second Degree Murder on Wednesday for killing Maurice Watson as a Washington County jury sat waiting to begin his trial, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On January 26, 2022 around 11:28 p.m., Beatrice Grace called the Greenville Police Department reporting shots fired and a dead person on the couch at …

Greenville, MS— Frederick Pearson, Jr., 23 of Indianola was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison following his guilty plea on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In October of 2020, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to Blaylock Road where deputies found the body of who they would learn was Kenneth Mason lying near the road. After noticing that …

Greenwood, MS – District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today that with a jury waiting in the courtroom to begin the trial of his case, Vonta Franklin, 21 yoa, of Greenwood, pled guilty to Second-Degree Murder in front of Senior Circuit Judge Ashley Hines on August 1, 2023. On September 23, 2020, deputies with the Leflore County Sheriff Department responded to …