Te'Avion Hawkins and his attorney listen as Buchanan County Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg pronounces sentence./Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA plea deal was accepted and the person behind the wheel in the drive-by shooting last August that took the life of a two-year-old St. Joseph girl has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg accepted the plea bargain reached between 21-year-old Te'Avion Hawkins of Platte City and the Buchanan County Prosecutor's office. Kellogg sentenced Hawkins to 10 years in prison during his hearing in a Buchanan County courtroom this afternoon.Hawkins was the driver of the vehicle last August that pulled up along side the car in which Raelynn Craig was a passenger. Two passengers in Hawkins' car, 21-year-old Marcain Kimbrough-Ballard of St. Joseph and 21-year-old Caimon Ramone Stillman of St. Joseph, opened fire. They fired 14 shots into the car, wounding two adults and killing Raelynn.The pros
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By - Associated Press - Thursday, February 4, 2021
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - A second man involved in the death of a 2-year-old St. Joseph girl in a drive-by shooting pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder.
Marcain Kimbrough-Ballard, 21, acknowledged before his sentencing in Buchanan County District Court that he was involved in the Aug. 9 death of Raelynn Craig, The St. Joseph News-Press reported.
Kimbrough-Ballard said he fired shots from the backseat of a car at another vehicle. He said he didn’t know a child was inside the other car. Two adults with Raelynn were injured in the shooting.
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