Six guilty in circuit court

Published 11:59 am Saturday, September 19, 2015

In Warren County Circuit Court for the week ending Friday:

• Bobby Blackmore, 59, no address available, was found guilty of violating probation for a prior conviction for aggravated assault and was sentenced by Circuit Judge M. James Chaney to 90 days in a Mississippi Department of Corrections technical violation center followed by five years’ probation. Blackmore was indicted in May 2005.

• Darran Marquese Berry, 22, 4585 N. Washington St., pleaded guilty to burglary of a dwelling and was sentenced by Circuit Judge Isadore Patrick to one year and 49 days of time served followed by three years’ probation, a $1,000 fine and $500 restitution and $384.50 in costs. Berry was indicted in May 2014.

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• Eric Dewayne Bailey, 19, 105 Red Oak Drive, pleaded guilty to burglary of a dwelling and was sentenced by Patrick to five years’ probation to include a yearlong in-residence rehabilitation program, a $1,500 fine, $200 restitution and $384.50 in costs. Bailey was arrested March 27.

• Willie Fields, 25, 1205 China St., Apt. B4, pleaded guilty to possession of more than 1 ounce of marijuana and was sentenced by Patrick to three years’ probation, a $1,220 fine and $884.50 in costs. Fields, who must earn a GED certificate within a year as part of his probation, was indicted in October 2012.

• Brandon Jackson, 24, 709 Beresford St., pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and possession of a stolen firearm and was sentenced by Patrick to one month of time served followed by five years’ probation, a $3,000 in fines, $200 restitution and $1,470 in costs. Jackson was indicted in January.

• Johnny Wayne Nevels, 45, 100 Chickasaw Road, was found guilty of violating probation for prior convictions of perjury and malicious mischief and was sentenced by Chaney to a Mississippi Department of Corrections Restitution Center until a delinquent balance of $4,908.77 is paid in full followed by two years’ house arrest and a year of probation. Nevels was indicted in the malicious mischief case in July 2012 after slashing tires on the victim’s vehicle and in the perjury case in October 2012 after prosecutors caught him lying on the stand. In the perjury, case, prosecutors presented DNA evidence that Nevels’ blood was found on a slashed tire.