Robinson and Sanders Convicted for Gun Violence in Leflore Circuit Court

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS— District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today that Devontarius Robinson, 23 yoa, and Ronald Deon Sanders, 26 yoa, pled guilty to gun violence crimes in Leflore County and were sentenced in Circuit Court this week. Devontarrus Robinson pled guilty to two separate indictments of gun violence that occurred in June of 2021.  Robinson was set to stand trial this …

Stacy Regular Sentenced to 30 Years for Baseball Bat Murder

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS— District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today that Stacy Regular, Sr., 48 yoa,  pled guilty and was sentenced to a 30 year sentence with the Mississippi Department of Corrections as twenty-five (25) years to serve in the custody of MDOC and the last 5 years on probation for the March 2020 murder of Labrandon Baugh. Regular’s trial was set …

COOPER SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS FOR DEADLY DUI

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS— Judson Cooper, 20, of Hollandale, was sentenced to prison for three (3) counts of Aggravated DUI following his guilty pleas on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In the early morning hours of January 27, 2019, troopers of the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash site on Highway 61 just 1 mile south of Highway …

SANDERS SENTENCED FOR KILLING UNCLE AND SEPARATE BURGLARY

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Angelou Sanders, 21, was convicted of Manslaughter and a separate House Burglary in Washington County following his guilty pleas on Tuesday, April 26, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. With his trial for the July 2019 homicide of his uncle, Jermaine Sanders, originally scheduled to proceed in November of 2021, the matter was postponed following a judicial determination that …

Charles “Blink” Williams sentenced for 2017 Homicide

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS- Charles “Blink” Williams was sentenced on Monday, April 11, for his role in the 2017 killing of a local man District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Williams was sentenced to the maximum for the offense of manslaughter in open court by Judge Carol White-Richard. Williams pled guilty in May of 2021 to his involvement in the death …

WASHINGTON COUNTY SEX OFFENDER CONVICTED

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS- Earlier this week Nikeya Harper was convicted following a two-day jury trial by a Washington County Jury for sexual acts committed against a twelve-year-old child. Harper, the child’s stepfather was found guilty of attempted statutory rape and fondling.  The case was tried before Circuit Court Judge Richard Smith in the Washington County Courthouse. John Herzog Jr. and Takiyah …

STEVENSON CONVICTED OF CAPITAL MURDER OF ALONZO DUKES

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Leonard Stevenson, Jr., 28, of Greenville was convicted of a second Capital Murder in Washington County following a two-day jury trial, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. During the trial, attorneys for the state presented testimony that in the early afternoon of February 4, 2017, friends and business associates of Alonzo Dukes became worried when they had not heard …

SCATES, JR. SENTENCED TO MAXIMUM

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—John Scates, Jr. was sentenced to Twenty-Five (25) years to serve in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections following a sentencing hearing for his conviction of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm Enhancement, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. A Washington County trial jury announced its guilty verdicts earlier this year in May following a two day trial …

WELLS SENTENCED TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN PRISON

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Geor’Barri Wells was sentenced to Twenty-Five (25) years to serve in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections stemming from his convictions for Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Wells was found guilty by a jury of his peers at the conclusion of a three-day trial in July. His indictment arose from …

DEFENDANT CONVICTED FOR SHOOTING MAN IN THE BACK

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Geor’Barri Wells, 26, of Leland, was found Guilty of Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault Saturday in Washington County following a four-day jury trial. In the early morning hours of Thursday, May 10, 2018, officers of the Greenville Police Department were called to the lobby of the Main Street station to assist a citizen who was frantically knocking on …