Man gets 25 years in June 2015 shooting death

Published 10:18 am Tuesday, June 14, 2016

A Tallulah, La., man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty in 9th District Circuit Court to second-degree murder involving a June 2015 shooting that occurred on Mulberry Street.

Circuit Judge M. James Chaney sentenced Kentrell Williams, 23, Friday after a hearing in Circuit Court.

Williams was charged in the shooting death of Jimmy Johnson, 32, also of Tallulah, who was shot at LD’s Restaurant and Lounge on Mulberry Street as police were on scene responding to another incident about shots fired at the business. Johnson died about an hour later at Merit Health River Region Medical Center.

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Williams was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a stolen firearm in the case.

In other cases:

• A Vicksburg teenager will serve three years in jail after pleading guilty in Circuit Court to an armed robbery occurring Feb. 20.

Ninth District Circuit Judge M. James Chaney Jr. sentenced Jethrell Drayton, 17, to 10 years in prison with seven years suspended for a total of three years, placed him on five years’ post-release supervision and ordered him to pay a fine and court costs totaling $1,384.50.

• Chaney sentenced Dean Walt Andrews Sr., 46, to five years in prison with four years suspended and one year in the Mississippi Department of Corrections Intensive Supervision Program.

Andrews was placed on four years’ post-release supervision, and ordered to pay a total of $634.50 in fines and court costs, and pay a total of $23,610 in restitution to the mother of his son.

 

About John Surratt

John Surratt is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in general studies. He has worked as an editor, reporter and photographer for newspapers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post staff since 2011 and covers city government. He and his wife attend St. Paul Catholic Church and he is a member of the Port City Kiwanis Club.

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