WOODARD CONVICTED OF SEXUAL BATTERY & FONDLING

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Larry Woodard was convicted on a multi-count indictment charging him with three (3) counts of Sexual Battery and one (1) count of Fondling.  With trial set to begin on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, before Judge Carol White-Richard in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Woodard chose instead to plead guilty to …

DRIVER SENTENCED TO MAXIMUM FOR SHOOTING EX, KILLING BABY

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Jonathan Driver of Etta, MS, was convicted of Second Degree Murder and Attempted Murder in Washington County following his guilty pleas on Monday, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. With his trial scheduled to take place in July, Driver pled guilty at the deadline Monday morning. Witnesses set to appear at the pending trial would have provided testimony that …

LEWIS AND DAVIS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Kelvin Lewis and Willie Davis pled guilty in this term of Washington County Circuit Court, each to two (2) counts of Aggravated Assault. With Senior Circuit Court Judge Ashley Hines set to preside over their jury trials, both Lewis and Davis chose to plead guilty to the violent …

REPEAT BURGLARY DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO MDOC

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS – District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Curley Faulkner pled guilty on October 31st, 2022, in Washington County Circuit Court, to one count of Auto Burglary, and two counts of Possession of a Firearm by Felon. With the case set for trial before Circuit Court Judge Carol White-Richard, Faulkner chose instead to plead guilty to …

LELAND SHOOTER CONVICTED OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson announced this week that Andrew McClure pled guilty on November 4th, 2022, in Washington County Circuit Court, to Second Degree Murder. With the case set for trial before Judge Carey-McCray for this week, McClure chose instead to plead guilty to the violent charge brought against him.  McClure was sentenced to 30 years with the Mississippi …

George Fults Sentenced on Multiple Felony Offenses

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS- George Fults was sentenced to a total of fifteen years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections for multiple felony offenses during Judge Ashley Hines trial week for a series of crimes that he committed in the fall of 2021. Fults chose to plead guilty rather than go to trial on two counts of aggravated assault following an incident …

JURY CONVICTS TERRICK WRIGHT, JR. OF CAPITAL MURDER

Dewayne RichardsonBreaking News, Mississippi Delta DA 4th District

Greenville, MS—Terrick Wright, Jr., of Greenville, was convicted yesterday by a Washington County Jury following a three-day trial and after about two hours of deliberations, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. During the early Monday evening of September 16, 2019, officers of the Greenville Police Department were preparing to leave the Delta Regional Medical Center following a call for assistance …

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 …