Starkville Daily News

Hill takes plea deal in armed robbery

- By CHARLIE BENTON educ@starkville­dailynews.com

A Starkville man will spend a decade in prison after taking a plea bargain in Mississipp­i District 16 Circuit Court in Starkville.

Faijon Hill, 21, was scheduled to go to trial on an armed robbery charge. However, He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of robbery, taking a plea bargain. He will serve a 15year sentence in Mississipp­i Department of Correction­s with five years suspended. The charge stems from Hill's involvemen­t in an armed robbery at the Camelot Apartments in Starkville on May 30, 2017.

Four others were arrested along with Hill, including Sydney Westmorela­nd, Rodriquez Norman, Marvelous Houston and Courtney M. Boyd.

All but Boyd were arrested later in the week by the Starkville Police Department and a U.S. Marshal Task Force.

Boyd was arrested a week later.

Court documents show that the victim was picked up from Weir by one of the codefendan­ts and driven to Starkville. Once they arrived at Camelot Apartments in

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