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 …
Greenville, MS—Kenneth Johnson pled guilty Monday afternoon in Washington County Circuit Court to two indictments charging Business Burglary, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. With both indictments pending on the Court’s docket and one scheduled for trial Monday, Johnson instead pled guilty before Circuit Judge Margaret Carey-McCray. Johnson’s cases stemmed from two indictments handed down by the April 2018 …
Greenwood, MS – Detroit native Eddie Lee Brown, Jr. pled guilty to second degree murder of twenty-three (23) year old Tyree Jernigan a firefighter with the Greenwood Fire Department as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Brown had at least one prior conviction from Michigan. He was indicted by the April 2017 grand jury for first …
Greenville MS- On August 21, 2018, Washington County Circuit Judge Carol White Richard accepted the guilty pleas of Ladarrian Coleman, 19 yoa, for two separate violent felonies. Coleman was charged and pled guilty to a 2014 armed robbery and pled guilty to the 2015 killing of Jimmy Dawson. These crimes both occurred in Greenville, Mississippi. The 2014 armed robbery stemmed …
Greenwood, MS-On August 20, 2018, Leflore County Senior Circuit Judge Ashley Hines accepted the guilty plea of Waltdrakus Hunter, 39 yoa. Hunter was indicted by the January 2018 grand jury for the charges of attempted capital murder and armed robbery as a violent habitual offender. Hunter had previously been convicted in 2002 of armed robbery and manslaughter. In 2017, Hunter …
Greenville, MS- After a twelve (12) minute deliberation, a Washington County Jury found Greenville resident, Donaysha Morris, guilty of burglary of a dwelling earlier this week, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Richardson said, “[t]he jury in this case showed with their verdict that Washington County residents are not going to sit idly by and allow people to break …
Greenville, MS—On Monday, August 13th, Senior Circuit Judge Ashley Hines sentenced Clifton Dean to the maximum punishment allowed for his role in the killing of Frederick Williams on March 30, 2012. Dean was convicted by a Washington County Jury at the conclusion of his trial in mid-July. During the sentencing hearing, relatives of Williams fought back tears and channeled emotion …
Greenville, MS- Marquee Gibson was sentenced in the Circuit Court of Washington County District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Gibson was sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections after he pled guilty to Manslaughter for the 2016 killing of Jaricky Jackson in Greenville. Gibson was scheduled to go to trial in July in …
Greenville, MS- A man responsible for a Washington County crime spree was brought to justice this week in Washington County. Lorenzo Dye pled guilty to multiple felony crimes in front of Judge Ashley Hines District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today and was sentenced to twenty-eight total years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Dye pled guilty to multiple offenses, …
