One of three men arrested in connection with the break in of a local convenience store has been sentenced in Tate County Circuit Court.
Court records indicate Lakevan DeShaune Marshall, 28, of Coldwater, had his probation revoked to serve six years in Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) on a charge of attempted burglary of a building for his role in an incident at the Independence Mart at 9670 Highway 306 on Feb. 5, 2018, at 2:41 a.m. He was indicted by the Tate County Grand Jury in October of 2018.
Investigators told the Tate Record deputies from the Tate County Sheriff’s Office responded to an alarm at the address and observed a broken window at the convenience store and a suspicious vehicle with three black males inside parked at the Independence Volunteer Fire Department near the intersection of Highway 306 and Highway 305.
The investigator said one of men attempted to flee the scene as deputies approached the vehicle before he was apprehended.
The other two men arrested in connection with crime identified by investigators as Liquincy Mitchell, 20, of Coldwater, and Keylante Cortez Wright, 21, of Coldwater, had all charges related to the matter remanded to the file.
Both men were indicted by the Tate County Grand Jury in March of 2018 in connection with a separate incident involving a home invasion.
Documents indicate Mitchell and Wright pleaded guilty to armed robbery in Tate County Circuit Court in November of 2018 and were sentenced to 10 years in MDOC and 10 years post-release supervision. Both men had charges of conspiracy and burglary of a dwelling/ home invasion remanded to the file.
The charges stemmed from an incident in Tate County on Aug. 21, 2017. According to an incident report obtained from the Tate County Sheriff’s Office, Wright and Mitchell entered a home at the 100 block of Hidden Valley Road at approximately 1:30 p.m., and attempted to steal a television from the residence.
The report stated the homeowner, who was asleep inside the residence, surprised the two men before being held at gunpoint and told to lie on the floor until they escaped.
Investigators with the Tate County Sheriff’s Office were able to identify the two men with the help of a neighbor, according to the report.
