Greenville, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Ashley Ricardo Brown pled guilty Monday, November 18th, in Washington County Circuit Court in two separate cases involving Aggravated Assault, Shooting into a Dwelling and two charges of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. With both cases set for trial before Judge Richard Smith, Brown chose …
Greenwood, MS—Marvin Ivey (50 yoa) was found guilty today after just under a hour and a half of deliberations by a Leflore County jury of his peers, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Ivey had previously been indicted by a Leflore County Grand Jury for the October 2022 house burglary and attempt to commit murder of a Greenwood resident. Ivey’s trial …
Greenwood, MS—Jaekwon Huff (20 yoa) was sentenced this week for his conviction of Second Degree Murder in Leflore County, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Huff was convicted of Second Degree Murder on May 9, 2024 by a Leflore County Jury for the killing of Leonard Edwards (22 yoa). On October 16, 2021, Huff caught a ride from a party to …
Greenville, MS— District Attorney Dewayne Richardson, in collaboration with U.S. Attorney for the Northern District, Clay Joyner, announced today the swearing in of two Assistant District Attorneys as federal prosecutors. This partnership will effectively identify and prosecute violent criminals in the Mississippi Delta Region. ADAs Austin Frye and Kaylon McCou appeared before Chief Judge Debra M. Brown in the U.S. …
Greenville, MS—Xan McClendon, Jr., aka Nicholas Savage, 24, of Greenville, pled guilty to Second Degree Murder, two charges of Jail Escape, and Aggravated Assault on Tuesday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On or about December 21, 2020, four days before Christmas, a family member found William “Billy” Rochelle, a seventy (70) year old man, unresponsive in his home lying …
Greenville, MS— District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that John Polk (37) was convicted at trial on a multi-count indictment charging him with five (5) counts of Sexual Battery against a child under 14. Following a three-day trial before Judge Richard Smith in the Washington County Circuit Courtroom, the jury deliberated just over an hour before returning Guilty …
Greenville, MS—Clemell Bogan, Jr. was sentenced to Life Imprisonment on Thursday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced. Bogan, Jr. was convicted of First Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault earlier this month after a three-day jury trial in Washington County. His indictment arose from the March 2020 shooting death of Michael Harvey in Leland. Another victim with Harvey was targeted but was …
Greenville, MS— Jeremiah Hair., 37 yoa, of Greenville was sentenced to thirty years following his guilty plea today, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced. In May of 2021, officers of the Greenville Police Department were called to Delta Regional Medical Center in reference to a missing child. Upon their arrival, they made contact with the victim’s mother and hospital security who …
Greenville, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Charlie Johnson was convicted of the killing of Greenville man, Timothy Lewis. With trial set to begin on May 21, 2024, before Judge Richard Smith in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Johnson chose instead to plead guilty to the charge brought against him. Johnson pled guilty to …
Greenville, MS— Clemell Bogan, Jr., 23, of Greenville was convicted of First-Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault on Wednesday of this week, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Officers of the Leland Police Department along with emergency medical personnel were dispatched to Hutson Street on March 17, 2020 around 3:30 in the afternoon in response to a shooting victim found lying …
