Greenville, MS – On March 28, 2019, Washington County Circuit Judge Margaret Carey-McCray accepted the guilty plea of Andrew McClinton, 47 years of age, for the arson that destroyed the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. McClinton will be sentenced during the week of April 29, 2019. The investigation of the church burning began in the evening hours of November 1, 2016, …
Greenville, MS- Charles “Peanut” Young, 25, pled guilty today to the April 11, 2017 shooting death of 46 year-old Fredrick Bryant, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. With multiple charges pending in Washington County Circuit Court, Young entered pleas of guilty for the crimes that he has committed and admitted his involvement. On April 11, 2017, Fredrick Bryant was …
Greenville, MS- After three hours of deliberations, a Washington County Jury found Greenville resident, Quavares Pulliam, 25 yoa, guilty of Manslaughter for the October 20, 2016 killing of Dwight Thedford, 31 yoa, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. During the trial of this case, Assistant District Attorneys Kaylon A. McCou and John Herzog, Jr., presented to the jury evidence …
Bryan Nelson, 28, pled guilty Monday in Sunflower County Circuit Court to the November 21, 2015 shooting death of 25 year-old Demarcus Tyler, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. With the case set for trial before Judge Richard Smith this week, Nelson chose to plead guilty for killing Demarcus Tyler in Drew, MS. Demarcus Tyler was shot and killed …
Greenwood, MS- On January 29, 2019, Leflore Count Judge Margaret Carey-McCray accepted Dantrell Berry’s plea of guilty to the lesser included charge of Second Degree Murder. Berry was originally indicted on April 12, 2016, for the charge of Capital Murder. Officers with the Greenwood Police Department responded to a call that a body had been found with a gunshot wound …
Eugene Sanders entered a plea of guilty to the charge of Receiving Stolen Property on Monday morning in the Circuit Court of Washington County, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Sanders plea came on the eve of trial, which was set to begin this week before Judge Richard Smith. Sanders charge stems from the sale of an heirloom sterling …
Bryan Brown, 32, pled guilty Thursday morning in Washington County Circuit Court to the 2016 shooting death of 26 year-old Kendall Lee, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. With the case set for trial before Judge Richard Smith this week, Brown instead chose to plead guilty for his involvement in Kendall Lee’s death on Nelson Street in Greenville. Kendall …
Greenville, MS—Keion Diggins pled guilty Monday afternoon in Washington County Circuit Court to three (3) charges of Armed Robbery, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. With all three cases set for trial before Judge Carol White-Richard this week, Diggins instead chose to plead guilty to the charges brought against him. The cases against Diggins stem from three armed robberies …
Greenville, MS- Judge Carol White-Richard sentenced Merrick Cleveland to twenty-five years in prison on the charges of second degree murder and trafficking marijuana on January 14, 2019 in the Circuit Court of Washington County. Cleveland entered a guilty plea to these two offenses which occurred in September of 2015 in Greenville. On September 10, 2015 officers with the Greenville Police …
Greenville, MS—Tony Phillips pled guilty Monday afternoon in the Circuit Court of Washington County to the two (2) separate charges of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. With the firearms charge set for trial this week and the drug possession charge recently indicted by a …
