Greenville, MS—Geremy Coleman, 28, of Greenville, MS, pled guilty to Second Degree Murder for the killing of Lamarcus Martin on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In the early morning around 2 a.m. on August 4, 2022, witnesses scurried in fear as a gunman fired multiple shots near the corner of E. Union Street and N. 6th Street, just …
Greenville, MS—Zenas Tillis, 37, of Greenville, MS, pled guilty to Possession of a Weapon by Felon on last Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Around 03:50 a.m. on September 18, 2022, the Greenville Police Department and Greenville Fire Department were dispatched to the local hospital. Upon arrival, they found a black male later identified as Zenas Tillis standing in …
Greenville, MS— Demarcus Clemons of Greenville pled guilty to Sexual Battery in Washington County last week, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Clemons was charged with the crime in 2021 following a report made to the Greenville Police Department by a Children’s Advocacy Center in south Mississippi. The center relayed that the victim made the initial disclosure to her …
Greenville, MS—Rocky Hales, 62, of Greenville, MS, pled guilty to three counts of Sexual Battery and two counts of Fondling on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In the Spring of 2013, Hales moved into the house with his daughter-in-law after his wife passed away. Hales was often left to supervise his grandchildren while his daughter-in-law was away from …
Greenville, MS— Joshua Taylor of Greenville pled guilty to Conspiracy, Robbery, and, Aggravated Assault in Washington County last week, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Taylor was charged with Conspiracy and Robbery following the Greenville Police Department’s investigation of an incident reported in the 800 block of Riveria Circle where Taylor and two other accomplices threatened a citizen before taking …
Greenwood, MS – Marvin Ivey a.k.a. Messy Marvin was sentenced today for the 2022 home burglary and attempted murder of a Greenwood resident. He was found guilty after a trial in front of a jury of his peers in October 2024. Because Ivey was facing sentencing as a Violent Habitual Offender Senior Judge Ashley Hines held a sentencing hearing at …
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. …
