Jurors arraign two for murder
Published 12:00 am Saturday, August 8, 2009
One of three Vicksburg teens charged in a March 15 murder appeared in Warren County Circuit Court Friday after being indicted by the August session of the grand jury.
Gemini Porter, 16, 2501 Culkin Road, was arraigned before Circuit Court Judge Isadore Patrick.
Porter is accused of shooting 25-year old Antonio Turner as Turner sat in a car just after 1 a.m. on Alcorn Drive, a street in Rolling Acres, a subdivision owned by the Vicksburg Housing Authority. His trial date was set for Feb. 22.
Two other teens accused of acting with Porter are expected to be arraigned Monday. They are 17-year-old Kersey Young, 1115 Adams Lane, and Roosevelt Dewayne Harris, also 17, 1803 First East St.
Also arraigned Friday — on multiple charges — was Adam Rader, 26, 103 Cross Drive. Rader was indicted for murder in the shooting death of Danny Miller, 25, 107 Belva Drive, in an Easter Sunday altercation over a bottle of Crown Royal whiskey.
Miller was shot once following the fight at a home in the 1400 block of Oakland Street, near Baldwin Ferry Road and Court Street.
Rader was also arraigned on two separate arrests for sale of a controlled substance on Aug. 14 and Nov. 19. His trial date on all three cases was set for March 1.
Also, Trent Rashad Reynolds, 26, 1501 1/2 Lane St., was indicted for the April 3 armed robbery of Occasion Wine and Spirits, 989B U.S. 61 North. An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from the store clerk’s wallet, and a shot was fired into her car. Though, she was not injured.
This session of the grand jury, chosen at random from county records, was impaneled Monday. Jurors completed their work Thursday. In all, they reviewed evidence in 113 cases against 124 individuals, returning indictments in 101 of the cases.
Twelve no-bills, with not enough evidence to prosecute, were issued on 12 of the cases.
Patrick arraigned 18 individuals Thursday and 35 Friday. Two others charged with crimes waived arraignments, and their indictments were released by the District Attorney’s office Friday.
Patrick will hold court again Monday to conclude this round of arraignments. Names of those indicted are not released until they are arraigned, the court action during which they are informed of the formal charges against them and have a trial date set.
Others indicted and arraigned or waiving arraignment Friday were:
• George Denell Baker, 32, 3011 1/2 Green St., sale of controlled substance, Sept. 26 (two counts), Sept. 28, Oct. 2 and April 3.
• Angela Maxine Beard, 36, 160 Clavin Road, shoplifting, third offense, April 18.
• Brian Tion Bland, 32, 911 Commerce St., possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, April 8.
• Oscar Maurice Bunch, 23, 532 Heartwood Drive, shoplifting, third offense, Dec. 21.
• Clarissa Marie Burrell, 27, 204 Demby Drive, credit card fraud, Dec. 4 (two counts).
• Elijah Caine, 31, 107 Pemberton St., possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, March 10.
• Carol K. Clark, 21, 5427 Gibson Road, burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, Oct. 27.
• Anita Daniels, 35, 5958 Laketrace, Jackson, grand larceny, attempted grand larceny (two counts), attempted larceny and receiving stolen property, all Sept. 12.
• Courtney Elton Dickerson, 39, 1111 Crawford St., No. 3, possession of a controlled substance, Oct. 2.
• Bettina Bernadetta Fountain, 22, 110 Kirby St., Apt. B2, Tallulah, grand larceny, March 29.
• Antoinette Fulton, age and address unavailable, exploitation of a vulnerable adult (three counts), from Aug. 21 to Dec. 21, 2007, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2008, and from Jan. 5 to Feb. 13.
• Cairo Pernell Howard, 29, 2715 Jeanette St., possession of a controlled substance and possession of a weapon after felony conviction, April 2.
• Marcus L. Jackson, 17, 226 Manship Circle, three separate cases of burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, all April 24.
• Akerius Bell Jones,21, 40 Prentiss Davis, uttering a forgery, March 28.
• Christopher Roosevelt Jones, 26, 1900 Baldwin Ferry Road, forgery-counterfeit instrument, March 16.
• Cedric Kelly, 28, 66 Railroad Alley, sale of controlled substance, April 1 and April 3, 2008; possession of a controlled substance, May 1.
• Mark Siegfried King, 41, 112 Maudekiah Drive, Magee, forgery-counterfeit instrument, Dec. 29.
• Bruce E. Lewis, 50, 251 Whatley Hollow Road, possession of precursor substances, Dec. 26.
• Rebecca Lauren Liggett, 23, 711 Lake Forest Drive, uttering a forgery, Nov. 28, 2007.
• Gregory Massey, 44, 1460 Oak Ridge Road, possession of precursor substances, Dec. 26.
• Jessica Lacole Maxwell, 27, 2330 Lebanon Pine Grove Road, Utica, possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, Feb. 9.
• Earline Mays, 39, 2 Oak Hill Drive, uttering a forgery (attempt), Sept. 3.
• Jesse J. McGruder, 46, 2907 Arcadia Place, felony bad check-closed account (two counts), July 6 and July 7, 2004.
• David Benard Minor Jr., 25, 108 Second Ave., statutory rape-victim aged 14 or 15, June 26, 2008.
• Donny Myers, 20, 1403 Jackson St., uttering a forgery, March 19.
• Charles Randall Myrick, 38, 302 Katherine Drive, three counts of uttering a forgery, Aug. 7, 2008 (two counts) and Aug. 11, 2008.
• Johnny Wayne Nevels, 39, 100 Chickasaw Drive, driving under the influence, third offense, June 30.
• Linda Shonta Robinson, 27, 822 Meadow St., shoplifting, third offense, July 20.
• Aric Dewayne Shells, 35, 126 Alcorn Drive, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon after felony conviction, March 1.
• Justin Michael Stokes, 22, 1790 Fisher Ferry Road, vehicle burglary, May 31.
• Jamal Stowers, 21, 30 D King Drive, fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer, April 26.
• Eric Tyrell Turner, 27, 401 Pleasant Valley Drive, simple assault on a law enforcement officer, April 12.
• Kim Whatley, 45, 251 Whatley Hollow Road, possession of precursor substances, Dec. 26.
• Lamont Williams, 31, 513 Pearl St., aggravated assault, July 20.
No billed were:
• Calvin Lynn Brewer, 24, 328 Woodham Road, burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny.
• Artilious Burnett, 35, 102 Bowmar Ave., aggravated assault.
• Angel Carraway, 26, 3874 Mississippi 27, uttering a forgery.
• Christina Marie Early, 33, 1508 Jefferson St., felony malicious mischief.
• Jess Frost, 43, 100 Jones Road, Lot 13, domestic violence.
• Terrance L. Jackson, 25, 508 Speed St., Apt. A, aggravated assault/strong armed robbery.
• Tiffany Evans McCloud, 31, 2303 N. Washington St., burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny.
• Amelia Mixon, 37, 1210 Crawford St., aggravated domestic violence and weapon possession by felon.
• Randy Shavell Morrison, 28, 1301 Bay St., possession of cocaine.
• Levon Carter Pinkney, 20, 807 Speed St., aggravated assault.
• Jermaine K. Sims, 25, 1001 First East St. Apt. A, domestic violence, third offense.
• Michael James Thomas, 21, 102 Elm Lane, child molestation.
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