A Flora man has been found guilty of first-degree murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle following a three-day jury trial in the Madison County Circuit Court. Jakeviyon Hunter, 22, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Dewey Arthur to serve life in prison for the murder charge and an additional five.
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A former Richland music teacher and preacher has been convicted on sex crime charges. Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Samuel Lamar Taylor, 52, was convicted by a Rankin County jury on September 20, 2023, of one count of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust. [.]
A man involved in a standoff in the Cypress Lake subdivision in Madison has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. On the morning of July 29, law enforcement officials were dispatched to the Madison neighborhood after receiving reports of a man assaulting a woman outside of a residence. Officers confirmed.