JOE SYKES’ KILLER BROUGHT TO JUSTICE

Dewayne RichardsonMississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS— Frederick Pearson, Jr., 24 yoa, of Indianola was sentenced to thirty years in following his guilty plea on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In June of 2019, officers of the Greenville Police Department responded to Sunflower Lane in reference to an unresponsive man lying on the side of the street. Upon their arrival, they discovered the …

SINGLETON PLEADS TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER OF COURTNEY “COREY” WILLIAMS

Dewayne RichardsonMississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Akeem Singleton, 27 yoa, of Hollandale, pled guilty to Second Degree Murder on Monday for killing Courtney “Corey” Williams, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In the middle of the night on or about January 11, 2016, emergency dispatch called for all units to report to the 700 block of Rosenwald Street in Hollandale, Mississippi regarding a shot victim …

SECOND JURY CONVICTS TERRICK WRIGHT, JR. OF CAPITAL MURDER

Dewayne RichardsonMississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Terrick Wright, Jr., of Greenville, was convicted yesterday by a Washington County Jury following a three-day trial, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. During the early evening of Monday, September 16, 2019, officers of the Greenville Police Department were preparing to return to patrol service while leaving the then Delta Regional Medical Center following an earlier call for assistance …