Circuit Court



The following list of criminal cases heard the last week in Lauderdale County Circuit Court was furnished by District Attorney Bilbo Mitchell.

• Michael Feagins, possession of marijuana over five kilograms, 20 years MDOC, 20 years suspended, five years probation, fines, fees and court costs

• Santana Bingham, simple assault on officer, two years MDOC, 100 days to serve, two years probation, fine, fees and court costs

• Andre Randle, revocation of probation for possession of cocaine, three years MDOC, fines, fees and court costs; felony fleeing, three years MDOC, one day to serve, three years PRS, fines, fees and court costs

• Dennis Ray Palmer, sale of cocaine, 40 years MDOC, 25 years suspended, 15 years to serve, 10 years PRS, fines, fees and court costs

• Mario Lefore, felony fleeing, five years MDOC, four years and 364 days suspended, one day to serve, fines, fees and court costs

• Candy Lynn Davidson, embezzlement, five years MDOC, five years suspended, three years probation, fines, fees, court costs and restitution

• Paul E. Jones, revocation, four years MDOC consecutive to time for sale of methadone, 10 years MDOC, seven years suspended, five years SPRS, fine, fees and court costs

• John Sullivan, embezzlement, two years MDOC, two years suspended, five years probation, fines, fees, court costs and restitution

• Recardo Adams, sale of cocaine, 12 years MDOC, fines, fees and court costs; revocation for burglary, seven years MDOC, 317 days to serve, fines, fees and court costs

• Marcus Powell, possession of marijuana with intent, eight years MDOC, eight years suspended, five years probation, fines, fees and court costs

• Toby Lashawn Oliver, uttering/forgery, two years MDOC, one day to serve, two years PRS, fines, fees, court costs and restitution

• Wade Samuels, possession of cocaine, two years MDOC without parole, fines, fees and court costs

• Larry Lewis, felon in possession of firearm, five years MDOC, four years suspended, four years PRS, fines, fees and court costs



Justice Courts



The following list of non-traffic cases, but including DUIs, were heard in Lauderdale County Justice Courts for the past week: Court records were not available at press time.



Municipal Court



The following list of non-traffic cases, but including DUIs, were heard in Meridian Municipal Court the past week.



• Tyress L. Brown, giving false information, $500 fine, $88 court costs; DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $219 court costs

• Fredrick D. Cockrell, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 20 days

• Ray L. Dempsey, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, two days suspended; spilling load on highway/no cover, $300 fine, $76 court costs

• John Steaven Elliott, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days

• Jimmie Dale Grace, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs

• Julius Hall, DUI first offense, dismissed

• Carlos Tarrell Hawkins, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 20 days jail

• Danny Lee Jermeay, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs

• Callen B. Johnson, DUI first offense, zero tolerance, $250 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days

• Maurice Antonio Nealy, DUI first offense, dismissed

• Dean L. Peden, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days

• Ashley Leigh Pilgrim, DUI first offense, $250 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days

• Erik Jermaine Ragsdale, DUI second offense, dismissed

• William L. Russell, possession of marijuana, $250 fine, $95 court costs; DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days

• Jessie L. Whitaker, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail

• Gerald Gordon Addy, DUI second offense (other substance), $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 15 days house arrest

• Benjamin Clayton Bigelow, possession of marijuana, $250 fine, $95 court costs; DUI first offense (other substance), $400 fine, $226 court costs, $550 crime lab fees

• Adunus Jerome Brooks, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days

• Tyrone Gowdy, contempt of court three counts, dismissed; disorderly conduct, $500 fine, $95 court costs

• Fredrick L. Graves, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail; contempt of court, dismissed; giving false information, $500 fine, $95 court costs

• Jillian T. Page, disorderly conduct two counts, dismissed

• Stanley G. Sanders, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days

• James Stanley Vaughan, DUI first offense, dismissed

• Antonio Rayshon White, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 20 days jail, 12 months probation; disorderly conduct, $500 fine, $95 court costs; resisting arrest, $500 fine, $95 court costs; profane language, dismissed; disturbance of a family, dismissed