CHRISTOPHER “C-Murder” DAVIS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR BAPTIST TOWN SHOOTINGS

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today that Christopher “C-Murder” Davis, 42 yoa, pled guilty to two counts of Aggravated Assault in Leflore County Circuit Court this week as a jury sat ready to hear his case at trial. Davis pled guilty to shooting two individuals with an assault rifle on Young Street in the Baptist Town …

Habitual Criminal Sentenced for Auto Theft and Auto Burglary Crime Spree

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenwood, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today that Shannon Norwood, 41 yoa, pled guilty to Auto Theft and Auto Burglary in Leflore County Circuit Court. After being pursued while in the vehicle and later being chased on foot until his capture, Norwood admitted to stealing the automobile in Greenwood in May of 2019.  Earlier in April of …

RASHAAD SNIPES SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR STRING OF CRIMES

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Indianola, MS- On October 14, 2022, twenty year old Rashaad Snipes pled guilty to a string of crimes committed in Sunflower County before Circuit Court Judge Margaret Carey-McCray. Snipes was charged and indicted for Aggravated Assault, Armed Robbery and Burglary of Dwelling stemming from a February 2018 incident.  Snipes broke into the victim’s home armed with a firearm, assaulted the …

GARDNER SENTENCED IN INDIANOLA KILLING OF MARCUS HUTCHINSON

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Indianola, MS- At the Sunflower County Courthouse on Monday, October 3, 2022, Judge Carol White-Richard sentenced Leradrick Gardner in the Sunflower County case that stemmed from the October 18, 2019 shooting death of Marcus Hutchinson.  Gardner was also sentenced for his role in a 2017 Aggravated Assault on Mr. Tommie Dixon as well as a Business Burglary and Malicious Mischief …

Minton Pleads Guilty to 2017 Sunflower, MS Murder

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Indianola, MS— District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today that Lazirric Minton, 27 yoa,  pled guilty to his role in the March 27, 2017 murder of Annie Ruth Johnson in Sunflower, MS. Minton’s trial was set to begin Monday, June 20 in Sunflower County Circuit Court, however Lazirric Minton pled guilty and he will be sentenced at a later date. On …

MARCUS HUTCHINS KILLER BROUGHT TO JUSTICE

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Indianola, MS—Leradrick Gardner, Jr., 25 yoa, of Indianola pled guilty to Second Degree Murder in Sunflower County Circuit Court on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 as jurors sat waiting to hear his case, District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today. Testimony at the trial would have revealed that on the night of October 18, 2019, officers of the Indianola Police Department …

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 …