JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The 19-year-old accused of killing a man in a Jackson park claimed self defense. Daveon Lindsey attended his preliminary hearing on Tuesday, June 11. He claimed he shot and killed 29-year-old Melvin McNair, Jr. in self defense. The judge ruled that Lindsey would remain in jail. Lindsey has been charged with [.]
Federal agents raided a business owned by Hinds Couty District Attorney Jody Owens. The raid targeted the Downtown Cigar Company in Jackson, Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The 19-year-old accused of killing a man in a Jackson park appeared in court on Thursday, May 16. During his initial court appearance, Daveon Lindsey was assigned a public defender. He was denied bond for capital murder and armed robbery. Lindsey received a $25,000 bond on a felony fleeing charge, and he [.]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson man has been sentenced in connection to the deaths of his grandmother, mother, and pregnant sister. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said 29-year-old Maurice Forte was convicted on four counts of capital murder. The fatal shootings happened on September 16, 2018. Jackson police responded to a home on [.]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson woman pled guilty to second degree murder moments before her trial began. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said Lashundra Bass was an accomplice to the murder of Marcus Moore on June 4, 2022. He said Bass witnessed another person shoot Moore in the back of the head. Investigators [.]