Four men plead guilty for robberies 01-05-2011

FOUR MEN ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THEIR TRIALS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. ALL FOUR WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SENTENCED. WASHINGTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DEWAYNE RICHARDSON SAID JOHNATHAN MCCOY AND JONATHAN JOHNSON PLED GUILTY TO THE FEBRUARY 10, 2010 ARMED ROBBERIES OF A GAS STATION AND MEXICAN RESTAURANT. MCCOY WAS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON WITH 10 YEARS TO SERVE. JOHNSON RECEIVED 15 YEARS IN PRISON WITH EIGHT TO SERVE. LAPORTIAN WILLIAMS PLED GUILTY TO THE APRIL 11, 2010 SHOOTING OF A GREENVILLE MAN.  WILLIAMS, ALREADY A CONVICTED FELON, WAS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON WITH 12 YEARS TO SERVE. AND FINALLY, HERMAN LATIMORE PLED GUILTY TO THE DECEMBER 9, 2009 SHOOTING IN METCALFE OF HIS GIRLFRIEND.  HE WAS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS.  ALL THE PLEAS TOOK PLACE WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE BEFORE JUDGE RICHARD SMITH.