An Enid man plans to plead guilty to manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of his sister, according to records on file Tuesday at the Tallahatchie County circuit clerk’s office in Charleston.
Joseph Cameron Burke, 45, of 304 Enid-Teasdale Road, has petitioned the court to enter a plea of guilty in the June 22, 2019, death of Lacey M. Burke, 40, who was shot once in the chest on the front porch of the family home at that address.
Burke was taken into custody at the scene of the shooting and was later charged with murder. As a result of plea bargaining, the murder charge would be reduced to manslaughter.
The case has been continued, but court filings as of Tuesday did not cite a date.
In other circuit court news from a Sept. 22 plea day:
» Brandon Tyler Whitten, 25, of 855 Concordia Dr., Collierville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property. On Sept. 22, Circuit Judge Jimmy McClure sentenced him to five years of probation and ordered that he pay a $1,000 fine, $431.50 in court costs and $100 to a crime victim compensation fund.
Under McClure’s Order of Non-Adjudication, if Whitten fulfills all terms of probation, his charges will be dismissed and his criminal record expunged.
» Cassidy Lee McCord, 22, of 472 Smith Road, Cascilla, pleaded guilty to sale of marijuana, 30 grams or less, and was sentenced by McClure to three years of probation on an Order of Non-Adjudication.
McCord was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, restitution of $730 to the state, court costs of $431.50 and $100 to a crime victim fund.
» Demarcus T. Towns, 35, of 301 E. Chestnut St., Charleston, pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana (30 to 250 grams) with intent.
On Sept. 22, Circuit Judge Smith Murphey sentenced Towns to serve one day, offset by time already served in custody. Murphey gave Towns a two-year suspended sentence and placed him under one year of Mississippi Department of Corrections house arrest, to be followed by two years of reporting post-release supervision.
Towns was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, restitution of $200 to the Charleston Police Department, $431.50 in court costs, and $100 to the crime victim fund.
» Eric Sean Heafner, 42, of 182 Morrow Road, Courtland, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon and was sentenced by Murphey to serve 13 days, offset by the 13 days he served in custody awaiting trial. Heafner was ordered placed on three years of reporting post-release supervision.
He is to pay a fine of $1,000, restitution of $150 to the Tallahatchie County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO), $431.50 in court costs, and $100 to the crime victim fund.
» Ricky James Harper, 37, of 3662 Mozelle St., Memphis, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine, 1 gram or more but less than 2 grams. McClure sentenced him to three years, including eight days to be served, offset by eight days served in custody awaiting trial. Harper faces two years and 357 days of reporting post-release supervision.
He was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, restitution of $100 to TCSO, court costs of $431.50, and $100 to the crime victim fund.
» Shaquish Monea Young and Lavon Quincy Gipson, both of 393 Persimmon St., Oakland, pleaded guilty in a case that had charged them in a two-count indictment with conspiracy to commit a crime and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle in November 2019.
Both Young and Gipson entered pleas of guilty to conspiracy, while the second charge of taking a vehicle was remanded to court files.
Young, 22, and Gipson, 37, both received identical sentences from McClure: five days to be served, offset by credit for time served awaiting court, as well as four years and 360 days of reporting post-release supervision.
Each was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, court costs of $431.50, and $100 to the crime victim fund.
» Mishell Lee Crowell, 44, of 1113 Hathorn Dr., Oakland, pleaded guilty to the sale of methamphetamine, less than 2 grams, and was sentenced to three years imprisonment — receiving credit for nine days served awaiting the hearing — followed by five years of reporting post-release supervision.
Crowell was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, restitution of $1,710 to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, restitution of $150 to the TCSO for a crime lab fee, court costs of $431.50, and $100 to the crime victim fund.
A second charge of sale of methamphetamine, 2 grams but less than 10 grams, was remanded to court files.
» Robert Fane, 52, of 436 Rosalind St., Charleston, had six months of his five-year post-release supervision revoked by McClure Sept. 22.
Fane was sentenced by McClure on Sept. 18, 2019, to 168 days served, all credited, and the five years of post-release supervision in a case that charged him with the burglary of a building other than a dwelling.
Court records show that the revocation hearing was held because Fane had failed to pay anything on court assessments totaling $1,521, had failed to pay MDOC supervision fees of $440 and had not reported to his probation officer since March.
