Greenville, MS – Lonnie Nalls was convicted for the attempted murder of a local man by a Washington County Jury on Wednesday evening. Following a one day trial at the Washington County Convention Center, a jury returned verdicts convicting Nalls for the felony crimes of Attempted Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon District Attorney W. Dewayne …
Greenville, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Jaime Albert pled guilty Tuesday, April 6th, in Washington County Circuit Court to the charges of sexual battery and fondling involving a minor victim. With the case set for trial before Judge Ashley Hines, Albert chose instead to plead guilty to the charges brought against him. The plea …
Greenville, MS—Leonard Stevenson, Jr., 27, of Greenville was convicted of Capital Murder in Washington County following a three-day jury trial, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Testimony at the trial revealed that just after the 11 o’ clock hour on the night of February 6, 2017, family members of Billy Smiley, Sr. heard his faint cries for help just outside …
Greenville, MS – Prior to a trial that was set to begin on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Parthenia Hamilton entered a guilty plea to the charge of Manslaughter at the Washington County Convention Center District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Hamilton was set to go to trial in the July 2017 killing of Charlie Stevenson instead pled guilty in …
Greenville, MS- David Brown pled guilty to Second Degree Murder in Washington County Circuit Court, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Richardson said, “David Brown was set for trial on this week of court, but instead he pled guilty before Judge Carrol White-Richard on Monday.” Brown was sentenced for his role in the August 2017 killing of Kenneth Braxton Sr. …
Greenwood, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that on Monday, November 16, 2020, Janarius Street pled guilty in Leflore County Circuit Court for the murder of Laroy Booker. On Christmas Day in 2019, deputies with the Leflore County Sheriff’s Department responded to a 911 call where they discovered Street on his grandmother’s front porch smoking a …
District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Mychal Roberts pled guilty Monday, November 2nd, in Washington County Circuit Court for using a firearm to rob several Greenville businesses, including Pizza Hut, Subway, and Double Quick. With the case set for trial, Roberts chose instead to plead guilty to the charges brought against him. Roberts was sentenced to 24 …
District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Johnathan Sutton pled guilty Monday, November 2nd, in Washington County Circuit Court to the charges of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and Conspiracy to Introduce Contraband into the Washington County Regional Correctional Facility. Sutton chose instead to plead guilty to the charges brought against him rather than to …
Greenville, MS—Eddie Browley of Greenville pled guilty to Second Degree Murder and First Degree Arson on Monday, November 2, 2020, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Shortly before 2 o’ clock in the afternoon on the first day of November in 2018, officers of the Greenville Police Department and firefighters of the Greenville Fire Department were called to Carson Street …
Greenville, MS – In Greenville, two different homicide cases have been closed during the July 2020 term of court in Washington County, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Jonathan Cooper, 39 years old, of Greenville entered a guilty plea to the crime of Second Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in late August. Cooper pled …
