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Murder defendant appears in court Family members sob as bond set at $350,000 in shooting BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A distraught Demarlen Obryan Davis, 25, charged with murder, made his initial appearance in Corinth Municipal Court Thursday morning. The 25-year-old Dickey Street resident faces a total bond of $350,000, including $300,000 on a charge of murder and $50,000 on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Shortly after he was escorted
into the courtroom, as Municipal Judge John Ross Jr. asked Davis if he would like to fill out a form to have a court-appointed attorney, Davis began to sob. The court briefly recessed for Davis to exit the courtroom and get help completing the form. Ross appointed Clay Nails as counsel for Davis, who is charged in the Tuesday night fatal shooting of Karson DeAnn Stewart, 22, of Sawyer Road. Tears also flowed in the audience as a small group of family
members of both Davis and Stewart watched the brief court session at the Alcorn County Justice Center. A memorial service for Stewart, the daughter of Randy and Whitney Stewart, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Davis and Stewart had apparently been involved romantically but with a history of a troubled relationship, according to Corinth police. The department responded to
Stewart
a 911 call of a female shot on Martin Luther King Drive about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, and officers arrived to find Davis standing beside a car with Stewart inside. She had been shot
body shot my girlfriend,� as officers approached. It happened in the yard of a vacant residence at 602 MLK Drive. Stewart was taken to MagDavis nolia Regional Health Center, where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
in the face. Davis said, “I didn’t do it. Some-
Brown found not guilty of battery mistrial in Alcorn County Circuit Court in November. In December 2010, a grand jury returned two separate indictments against Brown for alleged sexual battery that occurred between 2001 and 2005. He was tried on one of those indictments after pleading not
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
An Alcorn County jury found a man accused of sexual battery not guilty. The trial of Marvin S. Brown began Monday in Alcorn County Circuit Court and concluded with the not guilty verdict Tuesday afternoon. It was his second trial on the charge, following a
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Win free car? It’s a scam a checking account number and id like a driver’s license,� said the Alcorn County man who got bilked. “All I had to do was go to Walmart, buy a Green Dot card and put $299 on the card.� The local individual then was told he had to give the time and date the card was purchased along with the number on back of the card. “When I didn’t give him the number, I was told that I needed to talk to an Andy
BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Organizers Dana McLain and J.C. Hill, along with the Easter Bunny, show some of the prizes offered during Saturday’s Community Egg Hunt at Crossroads Regional Park. In case of rain, the event moves to the Boys & Girls Club.
Community egg hunt returns Thousands of eggs are set to be hidden at Crossroads Regional Park for Saturday’s annual hunt. Each year, hundreds of chil-
dren fan out across the grounds of the park, quickly filling their Easter baskets. The Community Egg Hunt is set to begin at noon.
Organizers are hoping for continued good luck in terms of Please see EGGS | 2A
An Alcorn County man is making the public aware of the latest scam to hit the area. In the scam, a call is made to individuals by a person who identifies himself as “Brian Brown.� The caller, who has a foreign accent, tells the individual he is delivering an 2013 Impala in 45 minutes to their home or the individual can receive $7.5 million from Bill Gates after paying $50,000 in taxes. “He wanted to know if I had
Please see SCAM | 2A
Cook Coggin, Alcorn County earn accolades BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
The American Council of Engineering Companies in Mississippi recently honored Alcorn County and Cook Coggin Engineers for work done on the Kimberly-Clark Access Road. Ronald Cassada, president of ACEC-MS, presented award plaques to Alcorn County Board of Supervisors President Lowell Hinton and Kent Geno of Cook Coggin Engineers during an awards dinner held last Thursday at the Old Capitol
Inn in Jackson. Other local and state officials who attended the awards dinner included Gary Chandler, executive director of The Alliance; Chris Dixon, from the Office of State Aid Road Construction; Chuck Mobley, from the Mississippi Development Authority, District 4 Sen. Rita Parks; District 2 Rep. Nick Bain; and District 1 Rep. Bubba Carpenter. The Kimberly-Clark Access Please see AWARD | 2A
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Alcorn County and Cook Coggin Engineers were presented awards recently in Jackson. On hand were (from left) Gary Chandler, executive director of The Alliance; Chris Dixon, Office of State Aid Road Construction; Lowell Hinton, president of Alcorn County Board of Supervisors; Chuck Mobley, Mississippi Development Authority; Johnny Crotts, Cook Coggin Engineers; Kent Geno, Cook Coggin Engineers; Sen. Rita Parks; Rep. Nick Bain, and Rep. Bubba Carpenter.
Index Stocks......8A Classified......5B Comics......9A State......5A
Weather....10A Obituaries......6A Opinion......4A Sports....12A
On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. Grant orders Gen. John McClernand to move his troops from Milliken’s Bend, La., to New Carthage on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Grant’s other troops will follow as he begins to position his men for the anticipated crossing of the river and the campaign against Vicksburg. 1(:
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