Circuit Court
The following list of criminal cases heard the last week in Lauderdale County Circuit Court was furnished by District Attorney Bilbo Mitchell.
• Avelyn Laushawl, embezzlement, two years MDOC, two years suspended, two years probation, fines, fee, court costs and restitution
• Ruby Graham, uttering and forgery, three years MDOC, three years suspended, three years probation, fines, fees and court costs and restitution
• Sherika Mercer, embezzlement, three years MDOC, three years suspended, three years probation, fines, fees, court costs and restitution
• Shamell Hill, conspiracy to sell cocaine, 15 years MDOC, 10 years suspended, five years PRS, fines, fees and court costs
• Derrik Seals, shooting into dwelling, 10 years MDOC, five years suspended, five years probation, fines, fees and court costs
• Sammie Gene Hampton, malicious mischief, two years suspended, two years probation, fines, fees, court costs and restitution
• Scothea Hubbard, attempted grand larceny, two years MDOC, 129 days
• Decarlos Santez Clark, felony malicious mischief, three years MDOC, two years 255 days suspended, 110 days to serve, fines, fees and court costs
• Attarian Curtis, burglary of dwelling, 10 years MDOC, nine years 364 days suspended, three years PRS, eight years to serve
• Christopher Eugene Vines, lustful touching of a child, eight years MDOC, eight years suspended, five years probation, fines, fees and court costs
• Emmanuel Cole, burglary of dwelling, 10 years MDOC, 9 1/2 years suspended, restitution, fines, fees and court costs
• Javon Ramsey, motor vehicle theft, five years MDOC, 4 1/2 years suspended, five years probation, fines, fees and court costs
Justice Courts
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 two weeks.
• Khari C. Barnes, possession of marijuana, $250 fine, $115 court costs, six months probation
• Dewon Sanchezearl Burrage, domestic violence first offense, $300 fine, $115 court costs, 10 days jail
• Larry Chapman, disorderly conduct, dismissed; malicious mischief, dismissed; simple assault, dismissed
• Brandy N. Clark, domestic violence first offense, dismissed
• Emile N. Cox, public drunk, dismissed; disorderly conduct, dismissed
• Christopher Martin Deen, domestic violence first offense, $300 fine, $115 court costs, 10 days jail, suspended 10 days, FVIP
• Dewey Dewayne Grace, domestic violence first offense, dismissed
• Shamakia S. Hersey, simple assault, dismissed
• Justin Keith Hike, contributing to delinquency of minor, dismissed
• Anthony D. Hopson, possession of marijuana, $250 fine, $95 court costs
• Teanthony Paris Jones, domestic violence first offense, dismissed
• Terri L. Kelley, disorderly conduct, $500 fine, $115 court costs
• Allen Gene Lyons, indecent exposure, $500 fine, $115 court costs, 60 days jail
• Dewey McDade, resisting arrest, $500 fine, $95 court costs; disorderly conduct, $500 fine, $115 court costs
• Marshall L. Moton, giving false information, $500 fine, $95 court costs; domestic violence first offense, $300 fine, $115 court costs, 10 days jail
• Wesley Dale Mullinex, domestic violence first offense, $300 fine, $115 court costs, 10 days jail, suspended 10 days jail, FVIP
• Tyronsha Denell Nash, fraudulent 911 calls, $150 fine, $115 court costs
• Robert Lewis Neely, domestic violence second offense, $500 fine, $115 court costs
• Angela M. Patton, domestic violence second offense, $500 fine, $115 court costs, 20 days
• Aswan K. Patton, domestic violence first offense, $300 fine, $115 court costs, 10 days jail, suspended 10 days, FVIP
• Wayne M. Peters, fighting in public, dismissed
• Gerald Jermaine Phillips, domestic violence first offense, dismissed
• Tamicia Shaunta Phillips, credit card fraud, $300 fine, $115 court costs
• Lonnie M. Prather, disturbance of a business, $200 fine, $115 court costs
• Danita M. Roberts, disorderly conduct, $500 fine, $115 court costs, $400 suspended
• Donald Gregory Ruffin, contempt of court, dismissed; trespassing, $50 fine, $95 court costs; contempt of court, dismissed
• Johnny Trotter, disorderly conduct, $500 fine, $95 court costs; public drunk, $50 fine, $95 court costs
• Lavon D. Tucker, gaming, dismissed; giving false information, $500 fine, $115 court costs; contempt of court, dismissed
• Gregory Lashaun Wilson, possession of marijuana, $250 fine, $115 court costs
• Terrell Lamar Wilson, disorderly conduct, $500 fine, $115 court costs
• Marvin Bueford Barron, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 20 days, Weems
• Kelvin Lavon Brewster, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 20 days Weems
• Anthony Brooks Carll, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Mary L. Chamblee, DUI first offense, dismissed
• Demetrus L. Durr, DUI first offense, dismissed
• Xavier Lee Easley, DUI first offense, $250 fine, $226 court costs, non adjudication
• Johnathan Kyle Espey, DUI, zero tolerance, $250 fine, $226 court costs, non adjudication
• Erick Gullen Galves, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, suspended two days, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Joshua Frank Garrett, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail
• Andrew Graham, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 20 days
• Michael Lee Harding, possession of paraphernalia, dismissed; possession of marijuana, dismissed
• Jennifer Dawn Mann, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail; suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Morris Roland Robinson, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail,MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Thomas Walter Sipp, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Sara Beth Smith, DUI second offense, dismissed
• Edward Earl Wilkinson, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $256 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Marlene Coleman, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation; avoiding roadblock, dismissed
• Marcia Ann Day, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $256 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Demario Sanchez Dover, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $256 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Don E. Hampton, DUI second offense, $1,000 fine, $226 court costs, 20 days jail
• Demarrio Mortez Nicholson, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Michael Clay Skelton, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
• Charles Riddell Williams, DUI first offense, $400 fine, $226 court costs, two days jail, suspended two days jail, MASEP, VIP, six months probation
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