MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Jackson man pled guilty to hindering prosecution in Madison County Circuit Court.
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. “Bubba” Bramlett announced that Demarques Smith, 30, was sentenced on September 10, 2025, to serve 15 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC).
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On October 29, 2023, Ridgeland police initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a tint violation and smelled marijuana coming from the car. After a search, investigators said the officer located various drugs, cash and a gun. Police arrested the driver, Damien Mason, and his passenger.
Two days later, police said Smith came to the Ridgeland Police Department and attempted to claim the drugs, money and gun. A detective got a subpoena and obtained Mason’s jail calls. They said conversations between Smith and Mason during those calls revealed an agreement between the two for Smith to falsely claim the drugs since Smith would merely be a first offender, whereas Mason would a habitual offender, if convicted.
Bramlett said Smith pled guilty to one count of hindering prosecution. Mason also pled guilty to possession of controlled substance and felon in possession of a firearm, as a non-violent habitual offender, and was sentenced to 13 years to serve without the possibility of parole.
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