Police Report
Three charged in Horn Lake shooting
Three people have been charged in connection with a Horn Lake shooting that left a woman in critical condition.
Police said Friday that Christopher Dewyane Johnson , Derek Dewayne Perry and Micheal Jerome Perry are each charged with conspiracy to commit a crime (felony) in connection with a Monday shooting in the 5200 block of Haynes Drive. All three are being held in the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando on $250,000 bond each.
Police are seeking at least one more suspect, Lt. Nikki Lanphere of Horn Lake Police said.
The shooting of the 37-year-old victim was believed to be the result of retaliation for a fight earlier in the day. Some of those involved in the altercation lived at the address of the shooting.
Motorist stopped with 5 kilos of cocaine
A motorist was charged this week after authorities found five kilos of cocaine in his vehicle, according to the West Tennessee Judicial Violent Crime & Drug Task Force.
Jose Angel Sanchez, 61, of Houston is being held on $350,000 bond after he was stopped Tuesday in a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado on Interstate 40 near Airline.
According to a news release, agents used a drug dog and found the cocaine hidden in the vehicle. Sanchez reported he was taking the drugs to Nashville.
Woman charged in 2015 North Memphis triple homicide
A 24-year-old woman has been charged in a 2015 triple homicide, records show.
Laronda Turner is charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 26, 2015 deaths of Anthony Isom, 35; Chastity Springfield, 28; and Michael Glover, 34. The victims were shot at a duplex in the 1500 block of Lake Grove Road, a dead-end residential street near Chelsea and Warford.
Demarco Hawkins, 26, was arrested last year in connection with the killings, and an affidavit says he gave a written statement about planning the murders.
An indictment in the case shows a third defendant charged with first-degree murder, Tony Thomas, with a note to extradite.
According to an affidavit, officers responded at about 1:47 a.m. to the duplex where two men and a woman were lying on the floor. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner's office ruled their deaths a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds.
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