Greenwood, MS— Jaekwon Huff, 21, of Greenwood was convicted of Second-Degree Murder yesterday afternoon, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Huff’s trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday of this week, but the court only qualified the potential jurors as one of the witnesses to Huff’s case was killed in Greenwood on Monday night. The case still went forward this …
Greenville, MS— Deshunrick Mayes was sentenced on Wednesday following his conviction of Second Degree Murder and two (2) counts of Attempted Murder in February of this year, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. A Washington County trial jury returned three guilty verdicts against Mayes in February following a three-day jury trial in Washington County Circuit Court. At trial, witnesses testified …
Greenville, MS – At last week’s annual meeting of the Mississippi Prosecutors Association, Assistant District Attorney Takiyah Perkins was awarded Prosecutor of the Year for 2024, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. The MPA is a state-wide organization, made up of all the district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, the attorney general and all assistant attorney generals, as well as all …
Greenville, MS—Sanders Williams, Jr., 57, of Mound Bayou, MS, pled guilty to Second Degree Murder on Tuesday for killing Wanda Williams a.k.a. Wanda Jackson, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 9:07 a.m., Doaby Jackson called 911 and reported finding his sister, Wanda Williams a.k.a. Wanda Jackson deceased on her bedroom floor. Pafford Ambulance Service …
Greenville, MS— Marcus Lindsey, Sr., 55 of Greenville was sentenced to twenty-five years following his guilty plea on Tuesday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In November of 2015, officers of the Greenville Police Department were called to the area of Roosevelt St. in reference to a welfare concern involving a minor. The patrolmen had cleared the call as resolved …
Greenville, MS—Willie Frank Roscoe, 40, of Indianola, MS, pled guilty to Aggravated Domestic Assault, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. On the morning of October 24, 2021, Roscoe fired multiple shots into an occupied vehicle at the intersection of Highway 1 and Broadway Extended in Greenville. One of the occupants, …
Greenville, MS— Shamarlon Jones, 24 of Greenville was sentenced to a decade in prison following his guilty plea on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In October of 2020, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to Blaylock Road where deputies found the body of Kenneth Mason lying near the road. Investigators arrived on scene and immediately observed apparent gunshot …
Greenville, MS— District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced today the guilty plea of Fabulous Carter, 21, for the fatal shooting of LaQuint “Quint” Johnson. Instead of pursuing a trial on the charge of Capital Murder, Carter pled guilty to the lesser-included offense of Second Degree Murder recently in Washington County Circuit Court. Under the terms of the plea, Carter was …
Greenville, MS— Deshunrick Mayes, 28, of Greenville was convicted of Second Degree Murder and two counts of Attempted Murder yesterday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. In the early morning hours of April 10, 2022, officers of the Greenville Police Department along with emergency medical personnel were dispatched to Abide Road in response to a shooting victim. They arrived on …
Indianola, MS—Denarius Roscoe, 29 yoa of Indianola pled guilty to Armed Carjacking and Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon charges arising out of an incident that took place on May 16, 2022 at the demolished furniture store off of Highway 82 in Indianola, MS. Testimony at the trial would have revealed that during the early morning hours of May …
