GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the shooting death of an off-duty firefighter in Mississippi.

The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Eddie Lee Brown Jr. pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder in the April 2016 killing of Tyree Jernigan.

The 23-year-old Jernigan was an Army veteran. He was married and had two daughters.

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say an inmate escaped from a county jail by cutting a hole in a fence.

News outlets report authorities were still searching for 26-year-old Robert Lee Brown on Wednesday, days after he escaped the Franklin County jail.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Falls man has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a young girl for three years.

The Post Register reports that Bryan Lee Brown pleaded guilty to lewd conduct with a minor under 16 years old, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police have identified a person whose remains were found in the basement of a home last month, but the circumstances of his death remain under investigation.

Police on Monday identified the remains as those of 86-year-old Herbert Lee Brown. The remains were discovered March 15 at a home in north St. Louis.

An autopsy is planned to determine Brown's cause of death, but police are calling it "suspicious."

A Wake County jury on Wednesday sentenced Donovan Richardson to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two elderly men nearly four years ago in Fuquay-Varina.

The verdict capped several hours of deliberations in which the jury could have sentenced him to death penalty. Jurors found him guilty of the murders of two senior citizens—Arthur Lee Brown, 78, and David Eugene McKoy, 66—on July 19, 2014 at their Howard Road home.

After hearing closing arguments to decide if Donovan Richardson should be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison for a double murder in 2014, jurors were given the case shortly before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to begin their deliberations.

The panel deliberated for about 90 minutes before court was adjourned for the day. Jurors are expected to resume their deliberations Wednesday morning at the Wake County Courthouse.

The first day of testimony in the sentencing phase for Donovan Richardson trial ended earlier than expected on Monday after defense lawyers only called one witness to the stand.

Closing statements were expected to begin Tuesday in advance of jurors deliberating whether Richardson will be sentenced to death or spend the rest of his life in prison.

A Wake County jury on Friday convicted Donovan Richardson of first-degree murder in a double homicide in Fuquay-Varina nearly four years ago.

A Wake County jury began deliberating on Tuesday afternoon in the trial of a man facing the death penalty in connection with a 2014 double homicide in Fuquay-Varina.

Donovan Richardson was one of three men charged in connection with the shooting and killing of Arthur Lee Brown, 78, and David Eugene McKoy, 66, on July 19, 2014. Authorities said robbery appeared to be a motive in the shooting.

The trial for a man facing the death penalty in connection with a 2014 double homicide in Fuquay-Varina began Monday morning.

Donovan Richardson was one of three men charged in connection with shooting and killing Arthur Lee Brown, 78, and David Eugene McKoy, 66, on July 19, 2014. Authorities said robbery appeared to be a motive in the shooting.

A federal judge sentenced a Billings man to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the 2016 armed robbery of the Valley Federal Credit Union in the Billings Heights.

U.S. District Judge Susan Watters also ordered the defendant, David Lee Brown Jr., 40, to pay $2,812 restitution to the credit union.

Brown pleaded guilty in April to bank robbery and to brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. There was no plea agreement.

A federal judge sentenced a Billings man to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the 2016 armed robbery of the Valley Federal Credit Union in the Billings Heights.

U.S. District Judge Susan Watters also ordered the defendant, David Lee Brown Jr., 40, to pay $2,812 restitution to the credit union.

Brown pleaded guilty in April to bank robbery and to brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. There was no plea agreement.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man who authorities say tried to toss cell phones and drugs into an Alabama prison has been arrested.

Al.com reports 25-year-old Derrick Jesse Lee Brown was arrested early Monday and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and two counts of promoting prison contraband.

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — A west-central Missouri couple are accused of felony child abuse for allegedly locking two children inside their bedrooms.

Johnson County prosecutors have charged Robert Lee Brown and his girlfriend, Brandi Edmiston, with two counts each of child abuse involving Emiston's children.

Authorities say the investigation began in April when a neighbor asked the sheriff's department to check on two children inside the Warrensburg home.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery after pointing a borrowed semi-automatic handgun at a teller and handing her an empty Doritos bag in which to put the cash.

The Billings Gazette reports (bit.ly/2qnR752) 40-year-old David Lee Brown Jr. pleaded guilty Thursday to the Sept. 7 armed robbery of Valley Federal Credit Union in Billings.

Brown claimed to have thrown the $2,700 he took off the porch behind his house, but it was not recovered.

CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — Crews are searching for a missing jet skier after it collided with a bass boat on Lake Lanier northeast of Atlanta.

WXIA-TV reports (http://on.11alive.com/2nA2qdi ) that the search is expected to resume Tuesday morning in the Charleston Park area of the lake in north Forsyth County.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources Sgt. Lee Brown said the jet ski and boat collided around 8:30 p.m. Monday.

ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a Nevada woman found chained and handcuffed in a van stopped by police in New Mexico had been stalked and abducted by an ex-boyfriend.

The Albuquerque Journal (https://goo.gl/frkHYo ) reports a New Mexico State Police affidavit says the 28-year-old woman told police 31-year-old Jack William Morgan said he was going to take her to a cave to "brainwash her to be his wife."

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a man found dead after his SUV crashed on Interstate 59 was killed by a gunshot to the head.

Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/2l3p0Gb ) police were called early Friday to a wreck reported by a passing motorist on. Officers found the driver dead and windows shattered by gunfire.

Birmingham police Sgt. Michael Kennedy said the victim's SUV stuck a roadside barrier, but the impact appeared to cause no damage or injury.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa police are investigating after three people were found shot to death at a home on the city's north side.

Sgt. Dave Walker says officers responding to reports of a shooting at about 2 a.m. Monday found 28-year-old Thomas Lee Brown and his mother — 52-year-old Cara Brown — dead of apparent gunshot wounds. Police say a man was also found dead of apparent gunshot wound. His name hasn't been released.

HENDERSON, Texas (AP) — The family of a 20-year-old Longview man says he mistakenly walked into the wrong house when he was fatally shot by a Rusk County homeowner.

GOSHEN, Ky. (AP) — Agriculture tourism turns top shelf next year when 21c Museum Hotel founders Steve Wilson and Brown-Forman heiress Laura Lee Brown expect to launch their renowned Hermitage horse farm as a tourist attraction.

Having removed the "no visitors" sign from the quarter-mile driveway, the couple laid out a new vision of Oldham County farmland preservation.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 39-year-old Butte man who had been charged in state court for robbing a Billings credit union in September is now being charged in federal court.

The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2e2uyQb ) David Lee Brown Jr. pleaded not guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to charges of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of criminal violence.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 39-year-old man has been accused of robbing a Billings credit union with a semi-automatic handgun.

Billings police say David Lee Brown Jr. went to Valley Federal Credit Union on Wednesday and took $2,750.

Brown and a woman believed to be his wife were identified as suspects and tracked down to their Billings home.

A man arrested for robbing a Heights credit union on Wednesday is facing robbery and evidence tampering charges.

David Lee Brown Jr., 39, was arrested on suspicion of using a gun to rob a Valley Federal Credit Union, 1445 Main St., according to Yellowstone County Justice Court documents.

Brown is being held on charges of robbery with a weapons enhancement and tampering with physical evidence. Brown is scheduled to appear for his initial appearance in Justice Court Wednesday afternoon.

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Georgia state crime investigators have identified a man shot to death after they say he lunged at a police officer as 55-year-old Robert Lee Brown.

Albany police spokeswoman Phyllis Banks said the man stabbed the officer with an unknown object around 5 a.m. Wednesday, and the officer then shot him. Brown later died.

Tucson police arrested three young men in the fatal shooting of a teenager who was involved in a robbery attempt with the suspects and was related to two of them, including the shooter, police said Monday.

Police arrested Roy Lee Brown, Julian Schmedding and Jesse King following the shooting Sunday of 15-year-old Johnathon Schmedding.

The three men remained jailed Monday in lieu of $1 million bail after appearing in Pima County Justice Court late Sunday.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy during what police said was an attempted robbery (all times local):

11:20 a.m.

Tucson police have arrested three young men in a robbery attempt and the fatal shooting of a teenager who police said was a participant and who reportedly was a brother of one of the three.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police say three suspects have been arrested in the death of a teenage boy who had been with them during a failed robbery attempt.

Fifteen-year-old Johnathon Schmedding died at the scene of the early Sunday shooting.

Police say he had been with his 19-year-old brother, Julian, 21-year-old Jesse King and 25-year-old Roy Lee Brown when the group tried to rob four people walking in a neighborhood.

CITRONELLE, Ala. (AP) — Funerals are beginning for the five people killed in a weekend massacre in southwest Alabama.

A service is scheduled Friday morning in Citronelle for Shannon Randall and husband Joseph Adam Turner, plus Randall's brother, Robert Lee Brown.

Services will be held Saturday for Justin and Chelsea Reed, who were married. Reed's unborn child also died when she was killed.

CITRONELLE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the killings of five people in south Alabama (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

The Mobile County Sheriff's Office has identified the two women and three men killed Saturday at a home in Citronelle, Alabama.

Authorities said in a statement Sunday that those killed included 22-year-old Chelsea Marie Reed, who was 5 months pregnant.