16 sentenced in Warren County Circuit Court
Published 12:00 am Saturday, April 3, 2010
In Warren County Circuit Court for the week ending Friday:
• Sherman Brewer, 29, 119 Lovers Lane, pleaded guilty to escape from confinement and was sentenced by Judge M. James Chaney to three years in prison followed by two years of probation, plus fines and court costs of $1,822.50. Brewer was arrested Aug. 11.
• Richard Kenneth Bruce, 47, 6997 Pattison Road, Pattison, was found guilty of violating probation and sentenced by Chaney to the Mississippi Department of Corrections Restitution Center in Hinds, Leflore or Jackson counties for payment of $1,707.15 in restitution, fines and costs, followed by two years of probation. Bruce was arrested April 27, 2006, for felony shoplifting.
• Artilious Stacker Burnett, 36, 1203 Second North St., pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Chaney to four years in prison followed by three years of probation, plus fines and costs of $1.622.50. Burnett was arrested Nov. 20.
• Joshua Ryan Coffee, 18, 241 Demby Drive, pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced by Chaney to three years of probation, plus fines and costs of $1,822.50. Coffee was arrested Aug. 12.
• Christopher Hayes, 22, who gave addresses of 101 Wayne Drive and 123 Crockett Road, pleaded guilty before Chaney to burglary of a dwelling and, in a separate hearing before Judge Isadore Patrick, was found guilty of violating probation. He was sentenced to two, 290-day jail terms, to be served concurrently, followed by five years of probation plus restitution, fines and costs for both cases totaling $5,720. Hayes was arrested June 9 on the burglary charge. His probation violation is from an Oct. 28, 2008, arrest for two counts of making bomb threats.
• Myron Maurice Henderson, 25, 1207 Jefferson St., pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Chaney to five years in prison followed by five years of probation, plus fines and costs of $3,622.50. Henderson was arrested July 8.
• Victor Hilderbrand, 49, 10510 U.S. 61 South, pleaded guilty before Chaney to possession of burglary tools and was sentenced two years in prison; and in a separate hearing was found guilty by Patrick of violating probation and sentenced to five years in prison with credit for time served (unspecified), the sentences to be served concurrently; plus fines and costs for both cases totaling $2,625. Hilderbrand was arrested Sept. 28 on the burglary tools charge. His probation violation is from a June 1, 2005, arrest for grand larceny.
• Fredrick Hill, 27, 1720 Martin Luther King Blvd., pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicle burglary and was sentenced by Chaney to 319 days in jail followed by five years of probation, plus restitution, fines and costs of $2,002.50. Hill was arrested May 8.
• Jonathan Jolly, 39, 163 Pecanwood Drive, pleaded guilty to possession of precursor substances and possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Chaney to eight years in prison followed by five years of probation, plus fines and costs of $3,122.50. Jolly was indicted by a Warren County grand jury in October.
• Jeffery Tyrone Langston, 21, 800 Hickory St., was found guilty of violating probation and sentenced by Patrick to 270 days in jail followed by five years of probation, plus restitution, fines and costs of $4,022.50. Langston was arrested July 5, 2009, for auto burglary and grand larceny.
• Michael Dewayne Lyons, 27, 1337 East Ave., was found guilty of violating probation and sentenced by Chaney to three years in prison followed by four years of probation, plus restitution of $615.83. Lyons was arrested May 10, 2003, for auto burglary.
• Edward Dewayne Mitchell, 31, 504 Melrose Ave., pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced by Chaney to five years of probation, plus restitution, fines and costs of $3,731.74. Mitchell was arrested Oct. 18, 2008.
• Jermaine Kent Sims, 25, 1001 First East St., was found guilty of violating probation and sentenced to one year and one day in prison followed by two years in the MDOC Intensive Supervision Program (house arrest) and then one year of probation, plus restitution, fines and costs of $1,622.50. Sims was arrested Sept. 4, 2007, for sale of a controlled substance.
• Mary Smith, 43, 219 Clifton St., Lexington, pleaded guilty to gaming-past post betting and was sentenced to the MDOC Restitution Center at Flowood to pay $1,360 in restitution, fines and costs, followed by three years of probation. Smith was arrested Jan. 24, 2009.
• Antonio Tubbs, 35, 1407 Greenhill Road, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Chaney to the Ninth Circuit Court Drug Court Program for a period not to exceed five years, plus fines and costs of $4,122.50. Tubbs was arrested Dec. 14, 2008.
• Algernon Williams, 24, 308 Pleasant Valley Road, pleaded guilty to shooting into an occupied dwelling and was sentenced by Chaney to eight years in prison followed by five years of probation, plus fines and costs of $3,322.50. Williams was arrested Feb. 23, 2009.