Press Releases

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Justin R. Williams of Canton pled guilty and was sentenced to eleven (11) years to serve in the Mississippi Department of Corrections for his part in a scheme to distribute over 380 pills containing fentanyl, a schedule II controlled substance. The 11 years in … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr. announced today that Harrison Neal Little pled guilty to one count of Driving Under the Influence resulting in Death and one count of Leaving the Scene of an Accident resulting in Death in front of Judge Dewey Arthur. Judge Arthur sentenced Little to twenty (20) years … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr., announced that on February 22, 2021, Judge Dewey Arthur sentenced Willis Delano Murray to 30 years for statutory rape. Murray, 54, will serve all 30 years of his sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. He must register as a sex offender and will have … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. Bramlett, Jr., announced that on February 22, 2021, Judge Steve Ratcliff sentenced Keith Lamar Reeder, 47, to concurrent life sentences on two separate sexual battery charges. He must also register as a sex offender and have no contact with the victims. On May 16, 2020, Pearl Police … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Walter Simpson, 47, was sentenced today by Circuit Court Judge Steve Ratcliff after being convicted of the double murders of his wife and stepdaughter. A jury found Simpson guilty of two counts of First Degree Murder, one count of First Degree Arson, and one count … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr., announced today that Michael Eugene Farmer was sentenced to 40 years for Exploitation of a Child. Farmer, 45, will serve all 40 years of his sentence in prison. He must register as a sex offender and will have no contact with his victims. On April 26, … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Cullen Royce Fields was sentenced to 25 years after being found guilty of sexual battery by a jury. Fields, 40, will serve all 25 years of his sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. He must register as a sex offender after he … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Zebulum James, 27, was convicted, after a jury trial, of the murder of Kristy Mitchell. On November 19, 2015 Ridgeland Police Department was alerted to a shooting at the Logan’s Roadhouse on County Line Road. Upon arrival, they located Kristy Mitchell, 48, who was … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Walter Simpson, 47, was convicted after a jury trial of the double murders of his wife and stepdaughter. On June 5, 2018, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to Crown Road located in the Camden area to a home belonging to Walter and … Read more

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Frederick Edwards Jr., 20, was found guilty of second degree murder after a two day jury trial held before Circuit Court Judge Dewey Arthur. On February 24, 2019, the Flora Police Department was dispatched to 457 Railroad Avenue located in Flora to the scene … Read more