Three sentenced in Warren, Sharkey

Published 12:30 am Saturday, September 11, 2010

In Warren County Circuit Court for the week ending Friday:

• Joseph Stevens Smith, 40, 3805 Hollywood Ave., Jackson, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and possession of methamphetamine and was sentenced by Judge M. James Chaney to eight years in prison followed by five years of probation, plus a $5,000 fine and $622.50 in costs. Smith was arrested March 1, 2009.

• Lonia Alonzo Wright, 28, 2630 Ken Karyl Ave., pleaded guilty to statutory rape and was sentenced by Chaney to one year in prison followed by five years of probation, plus a $2,000 fine and $322.50 in costs. Wright was arrested Oct. 29, 2008.

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In Sharkey County Circuit Court:

• Jimmy Moore Huff Jr., 28, 4236 Spanish Fort Road, Holly Bluff, was found guilty of violating probation and sentenced by Judge Isadore Patrick to complete the Harbor House drug and alcohol treatment program at his own expense, followed by two years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections Intensive Supervision Program (house arrest), then by up to five years of probation. Huff was arrested Dec. 6, 2006, for grand larceny.