COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A Columbus man will spend 12 years in prison for two crimes.
Vershawn Williams pleaded guilty to Robbery and Shooting into a Vehicle.
Court documents allege Williams stole a cell phone from someone in May 2017. He was originally charged with Armed Robbery.
Williams shot into a vehicle in September 2017. The charge of Aggravated Assault was dropped in the plea deal.
Williams is the young man wearing a blue shirt and carrying a rifle.
Prosecutors say Williams used a rifle to rob a woman of her cell phone and home security footage captured the incident.
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