Two men indicted for murder
Published 7:56 pm Friday, February 9, 2018
Two men have been indicted for murder in the March 7, 2017, shooting death of Reginald Gaines.
Christopher Dewayne Brown, 25, 705 Hall Road, and Byron Martez Reynolds, 32, 420 Hall Road, are accused of shooting Gaines, 30, in the head.
Reynolds is also charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He remains in the Warren Count Jail in lieu of $350,000 bond. Bond information on Brown was unavailable.
Gaines was a passenger in the rear seat of a car traveling south on U.S. 61 South March 7, when he was shot in the head. He was taken by a private vehicle to Merit Health River Region and later flown by helicopter to UMC, where he died the next day. His death was the first homicide of 2017.
In another case, Justin Chance Harris, 27, 4827 Gibson Road, was indicted on three counts of sexual battery on a victim under the age of 14 and one count of statutory rape.
The charges involve a series of incidents involving the same victim. He is being held without bail in the Warren County Jail.
Other indictments included:
• Thomas Darynell Calvin, no age given, 4920 Halls Ferry Road Apt. 39, sexual battery of a victim under the age of 14.
• Stacy Terell Bester, 39, 1213 Clay St., two counts of aggravated assault. Bester is accused of shooting at two people with a handgun.
• Jonathan Parks, 24, 198 Curry St., third-offense domestic violence.
• Linda Faye Girault, 47, 2159 Brewer Road, Crystal Springs, possession of a controlled substance — methamphetamine.
• Jonathan Christopher Phelps, 29, 1527 South St., possession of a controlled substance — ecstasy.
• Robbie Lelia Johnson, 35, 595 Joyce Lane, shooting at a motor vehicle.
• Nathan Carson, 23, 302 Overlook Road, fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer.
• Keavy T. Lyons, 20, 486 Tilton Ranch Road, and Matthew Michael Stanley, 21, 4116 Mississippi 27, possession of a controlled substance — cocaine.
• Anthony Dewayne Gaines, 34, 2727 Alcorn Drive No. 333, two counts possession of a controlled substance and possession of a stolen firearm. The charges are enhances because Gaines had a firearm when he was arrested on the drug charges.
• Antonio Carl Gray, 21, 1425 Virginia Lloyd Road, Raymond, and Montreal Evans, 19, 1230 Virginia Lloyd Road, Raymond, two counts auto burglary and one count of larceny for the theft of a vehicle.
• Patrick Chad Caples, 36, 448 Boy Scout Road, two counts auto burglary.
• Davonte Jaque Buck, 20, 2630 Roosevelt Ave., and Benjamine Jerome Johnson, 29, 251 Union Ave., burglary of a dwelling.
• Christopher Gaberiel Contreras, 39, 4001 Blunientritt Road, San Angelo, Texas, and Jimmy David Duncan, 50, 2649 Oak Ridge Road, grand larceny.
• Joe William Smith, 49, 2160 County Road, Selma, Ala., receiving stolen property.
• Oscar Lee Anderson, 25, 2705 Drummond St., possession of a stolen firearm.
• Minnie Nicole Henton, 35, 1004 Fifth North St., aggravated assault.
• Larry Lamar Floyd, 40, 141 Morningview Drive, fourth-offense DUI.
• Brittany Noel Ford, 29, 423 Hickory Hill Place, Pearl, and William Trotter, 32, 423 Hickory Place, Pearl, credit card fraud.
•Willie Jones Jr., 20, 201 Berryman Road Apt. B-14, child abuse.
• Marvin Dwayne Reed, 37, 210 Easy St., molesting.
• Johnie Ruth White, 57, 1062 Meadow St., false pretenses.
• Destinee Desiree King, 21, 115 Stillwater Drive, credit card fraud.
• Phillip James Proeger, 33, 1491 Culkin Road, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute — methamphetamine.
• Taylor Marie Shiers, 19, 1101 First North St. Apt. 9, possession of a controlled substance — methamphetamine.
• Vincent Lamar Johnson, 40, 30 Erves Road, third-offense domestic violence.
• Quinton Norfort, 23, 4725 Roberta Circle, third-offense domestic violence.
• Glenale Foster, 25, 1223 Bowmar Ave., possession of a stolen firearm.
• Joshua Adam McCullough, 29, 4813 Nailor Road, possession of a firearm after felony conviction.
• Loren Raymond Ellis, 42, 205 Hilda Joy Drive, Brandon, sex offender — failure to notify of address change.
• Donnell Judge, 40, 71 Mingos Road, sex offender — failure to notify of address change.
• Christopher Shawn Smith, 40, 250 Chickasaw Road — sex offender — failure to notify of address change.
• Simon Kendall Atkins, 34, 2416 Halls Ferry Road; Jamal Dishon Smith, 26, 505 Kline St.; and Zachary Lamark Mason, 42, 39 Brenham Ave., Natchez; conspiracy to commit a felony and two counts false pretenses.