Greenville, MS—Terrick Wright, Jr., of Greenville, was sentenced to Life on Tuesday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Wright, Jr. was convicted of Capital Murder in November following a three-day jury trial in Washington County. His indictment arose from facts and circumstances occurring on September 16, 2019, when officers of the Greenville Police Department observed a cargo truck speed into …
Indianola, MS- Randolyn Faint, 35 yoa, of Indianola was convicted of two (2) counts of Second Degree Murder in Sunflower County Circuit Court following his guilty pleas on Monday, of this week before Judge Richard Smith. On Sunday, September 6, 2020, officers with the Indianola Police Department responded to Pershing Avenue where two victims were shot inside of a home. …
Indianola, MS- Christopher Marshall, 27 yoa, was convicted of three (3) counts of Aggravated DUI in Sunflower County Circuit Court following his guilty pleas on Monday, of this week. Around 8:45 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2018, first responders of Sunflower County responded to a two-vehicle crash site at the intersection of Highway 82 and Heathman Road, where a Toyota …
Greenville, MS — In Washington County Circuit Court, Ellison Lafayette was sentenced by Judge Richard Smith to a total of twenty (20) years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections following an earlier guilty plea to the 2019 killing of a local Greenville man. Lafayette pled guilty on January 17, 2023. Evidence presented proved that Lafayette entered into Taylor’s home and …
Greenwood, MS – Jadarius Harris, 23 yoa, of Itta Bena was convicted of Second-Degree Murder in Leflore County Circuit Court following his guilty plea on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On July 11, 2020, deputies of the Leflore County Sheriff’s assisted Itta Bena Police in the area of George Street in Itta Bena, MS. Deputies found Cordarious Williams, …
Greenville, MS – This week in Circuit Court, Brian Chillious, 45 yoa, pled guilty to a total of forty years with the Mississippi Department of Correction for a series of child sex crimes that took place in Washington County. Chillious pled guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping, and to the Production of Child Pornography for a …
Greenville, MS – With a jury pool drawn from across Washington County and ready to hear his case, Ellison Lafayette, 32 yoa, chose to plead guilty to causing the death of William Taylor, 51 yoa. Circuit Judge Richard Smith accepted Lafayette’s guilty plea to the charge of Manslaughter and withheld sentencing until a later date. Manslaughter carries a maximum sentence …
Greenville, MS – Berdell Willis, III, 22 yoa, of Greenville, was sentenced following his May 2022 guilty plea to the charge of Second Degree Murder in the November 2017 murder of Darrell Lafayette, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Two days before Thanksgiving in 2017, officers of the Greenville Police Department were dispatched to Fairview Avenue where emergency medical personnel …
Greenville, MS— Romeo Hurt of Greenville pled guilty to Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm by Felon, and Possession of Narcotic Contraband in Washington County on Thursday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Hurt was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in August of 2021 following law enforcement response to an incident that occurred in …
Greenwood, MS—Marquellus Davis (21). of Greenwood was convicted of two house burglaries and one count of possession of a controlled substance in three separate cases in Leflore County following his guilty pleas on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On September 15, 2021, an officer with the Greenwood Police Department observed a small black car traveling at a high …
