8/5/2008
Man Who Raped Elderly Woman to Enter Open Plea: Sentencing Scheduled for next Monday
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Kirby Shavers entered an open plea in Rankin County Circuit Court late today for raping an elderly woman, kidnapping, burglary, grand larceny and aggravated assault...read more

7/17/2008
Man Receives 25 Years for the DUI Death of a 15-Year-Old Girl
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Jason Thornton was sentenced to 25 years for the DUI death of 15-year-old Teressa Sanders.  Ten years will be suspended and Thornton will be under supervised probation for five years...read more

6/20/2008
DUI/Manslaughter Case Yields 20 Years
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Felicia Carter was sentenced to 20 years for Manslaughter.  Six years will be suspended. In April 2007, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call regarding a one car accident.  The vehicle crossed the center line and hit a ditch, resulting in the vehicle going airborne and landing on its roof...read more

6/2/2008
District Attorney Michael Guest Announces Home Burglar Receives 25-Year Sentence
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that John Willie Bell, Jr., received a 25-year sentence for burglarizing a Ridgeland apartment in March 2005.  Bell was convicted as a habitual offender and will be required to spend his entire 25-year sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections...read more

5/19/2008
Man Who Assaulted Law Enforcement Officers Receives 30 Year Sentence
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Lee Vester Williams was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with twelve years suspended, for aggravated assault involving two law enforcement officials...read more

5/8/2008
Man Convicted of Statutory Rape Received 30 Year Sentence
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Linell Hawkins, Jr., of Canton was sentenced to 30 years for statutory rape.  Fifteen years will be suspended...read more

4/22/2008
Murderer Receives 20 Years in Prison in 2003 Case
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Mario Clark pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the 2003 robbery and murder of Juan Contreras.  Five years will be suspended...read more

4/9/2008
Man Carrying 500 Pounds of Marijuana Sentenced to 30 Years

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Ian Robert Austin of Georgia was sentenced to 30 years for possession with intent to sell and/or distribute 500 pounds of marijuana...read more 

4/3/2008
Rankin Ledger- Clearing out the jail
Rankin/Madison District Attorney Michael Guest has made big promises early in his first term. One of those was to ease crowding at the county jail by eliminating some of the backlog on the court docket...read more

3/26/2008
Statutory Rapist Receives 30-year Sentence
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Justin Johnson was sentenced to a 30-year sentence for statutory rape, fifteen years will be suspended...read more

3/24/2008

Man Who Raped a Child Received 30 Year Sentence

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Wilbert Caldwell of Ridgeland was sentenced to 30 years for sexual battery, with ten years suspended.  Caldwell will be required to spend every day in prison and will not be eligible to be released until he is 68 years old...read more

3/24/2008
Ridgeland McDonald’s Robber Receives 15-year Sentence
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Clifton Robinson was sentenced to a 15-year sentence for the Robbery of the McDonald’s Restaurant in Ridgeland on July 12, 2007...read more

3/6/2008
Northside Sun- Guest trying to clear up backlog of cases for Madison County
NEARLY FIVE YEARS after he was indicted in Madison County for capital murder, Mario Clark has not faced a jury trial...read more

3/6/2008
Rankin Ledger Editorial- DA works to ease jail overcrowding
One of the key reasons so many people have found Rankin County such an attractive place to put down roots is the county's low crime rate...read more

3/6/2008
Madison County Herald- DA: Hinds crime hits Ridgeland
County Line Road isn't much of a barrier to keeping criminals out of Madison County, District Attorney Michael Guest says...read more