Javontae Lamar Washington, age 22 from Moss Point, Mississippi, recently pleaded guilty in court to two charges of first degree attempted assault and discharge of the firearm inside an occupied residence before a Circuit Judge named Charles “Lex” Short. Washington’s plea was in response to his involvement in a August 2018 shooting that took place on Oak Street in Andalusia.
Washington along and Santonio Davis (also from Mississippi) as well as an unidentified juvenile was able to meet two other people in the area of Oak Street where Washington, Davis and the juvenile planned to buy the equivalent of $20 in marijuana. Following the exchange of cash the marijuana sellers allegedly wanted to leave the premises to get the marijuana. The incident was brief before Washington, Davis, and the juvenile left Oak Street and returned to their car parked at Sonic.
The three drove back by car to Oak Street where they saw two people who had taken the cash. Washington and Davis shot them, firing stray shots at the home that was occupied situated on Oak Street. They immediately went away and went back to Mississippi. They were later rounded up by U.S. Marshals, and then transported back to Andalusia.
Washington Davis and Washington Davis were both interviewed by investigators of investigators from the Andalusia Police Department and both confessed to shooting at two people who claimed to be intending offer them cannabis. Interviews conducted by witnesses supported the account that were provided by Washington and Davis and evidence found from the scene according to officials of the office of the district attorney.
Washington has been sentenced for 10 years for every one of his attempted attacks. He was also sentenced to 15 years in prison for releasing the firearm inside an unoccupied home. Davis was sentenced the same way when he pleaded for guilty, in the month of April. In the moment of the incident, Washington had no prior convictions, whether felony or misdemeanor. But, Washington is currently serving time in his Mississippi Department of Corrections following convictions in Covington County Mississippi to be an accessory following the fact on two counts of aggravated assault using an deadly weapon, and for getting away with his gun following a shooting incident at an occupied home.
The cases were supervised by the Assistant District Attorney Nikki Stephens.
“Washington is a clear danger to any community Washington may decide to become an integral part of, including ours. I’m glad that no one was injured, but most of families who was living their normal lives when their home was hit by fire,” Stephens said.
“Our communities face their own criminal elements,” added District Attorney Walt Merrell. “From an attorney’s perspective it is not acceptable for criminals and their dangerous behavior to be able to transfer into Covington County with no consequences. Criminals must know that if they can escape punishment in their hometowns but that shouldn’t be an excuse in this case — regardless of whether they’re from the state of a neighboring county or any other. I’m happy that our local police officers were able identify people who were not in the town, investigate on the case, and then bring it all together in order to make sure that prosecutions are successful.”
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