Steven Joseph Tatum, 45, pled guilty to Sexual Battery and Gratification of Lust of a 15-year-old girl. 

Blayne Timothee Jones (30) of Jackson, MS, was sentenced by Judge Steve S. Ratcliff to serve sixteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for Trafficking in Fentanyl.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Dejuan Shaikel Wells, 27, of Pearl, pled guilty to Statutory Rape and Gratification of Lust of a child.

Bubba Bramlett announced that Tyler Franklin Gorrell, 36, of Brandon, Mississippi, pled guilty to second-degree murder and trafficking in a controlled substance

District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Jordan Leah Sullivan, 33, of Louisville Mississippi pled guilty to one count Aggravated DUI in Madison County Circuit Court.

District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Roman Cortez Hines, 38, of Ridgeland, Mississippi pled guilty to the crime of drive-by shooting in Madison County Circuit Court and was sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Kyler Seamster, 29, of Sumner Mississippi pled guilty to one count of trafficking in stolen firearms and was sentenced to serve fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Edward Carroll Walker, 58, pled guilty to aggravated assault in Madison County Circuit Court and was sentenced to serve the maximum penalty of twenty years in prison. 

Satoshi Maehata, 27, pled guilty to two counts of filming a child under the age 16 without permission where there was an expectation of privacy.

Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that James Michael Hopkins, 46, of Florence, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit grand larceny.

District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Charles Ira Johnson of Olive Branch, MS, was sentenced by Judge Dewey K. Arthur to thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with fifteen of those years to be served day-for-day, without the possibility of parole or early release. 

Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney Bubba Bramlett warns local citizens of an ongoing telephone scam that seems to be happening more frequently lately.

Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Lavarias Sherod Chaffee, 32, of Pearl, Mississippi, pled guilty to sexual battery of a child under the age of fourteen. 

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Myles Flint Johnson, 53, was found guilty of second degree murder after a three day jury trial in Madison County Circuit Court.

Madison and Rankin Counties' District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that a jury found Franky Lee Lovern, Sr., 54, of Brandon, guilty of Sexual Battery and Gratification of Lust.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that De’Anthony Ra Shad Smith, a twenty-seven-year-old resident of Vicksburg, MS, has been convicted and sentenced following his guilty plea to Armed Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Moses Gordon, 46, pled guilty to aggravated assault in Madison County Circuit Court.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Eugene Wilson, 62, pled guilty to one count of gratification of lust of a minor in Madison County Circuit Court.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Matthew Dillon Tate, 27, of Pearl, pled guilty to Aggravated Domestic Violence.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that George Alton Smith, 32, pled guilty to second degree murder and aggravated assault charges in Madison County Circuit Court.