Greenwood, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today that after a three-day trial Tyrell Stigler was found guilty on August 26, 2026 by a Lafayette County jury of the First-Degree Murder of William McGee and the First-Degree Murder of Larry Montgomery.  After three hours of deliberations, The Lafayette County jury announced their verdicts in open court. Leflore County …

Greenwood, MS – Marko Hunter, 49 yoa, of Greenwood, MS, pled guilty and was sentenced on one count of Second-Degree Murder and two counts of aggravated assault, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On September 16, 2024 at approximately 10:24 p.m., officers on patrol with the Greenwood Police Department were flagged down by a concerned citizen who reported that several …

Greenville, MS – Kemontae Wedlow, 20, of Greenville, pled guilty to Armed Robbery, Armed Carjacking, and Aggravated Assault, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Wedlow was charged with Armed Robbery and Armed Carjacking following an investigation by the Leland Police Department into an incident reported in the 400 block of Broad Street in 2023. During the incident, Wedlow physically …

Greenwood, MS – Demetrius Davis was found guilty on August 5, 2026, by a jury in Leflore County Circuit Court convicting him on all three counts of the indictment to include firearm enhancements, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On August 15, 2020 at approximately 10:25 p.m., Bernard Nichols was shot on Taft Street in Greenwood while driving his blue …

Greenville, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced that during this term of court Jeremiah Coleman was convicted at trial on an indictment charging him with the illegal possession of a cell phone while Coleman was an inmate at the Washington County Regional Correctional Facility.  Following a one-day trial before Judge Ashley Hines in the Washington County Circuit Courtroom, …