DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) - District Attorney Matthew Barton announced Thursday that a man has been sentenced to 40 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

In June, Anjayvious Farmer of Panola County pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, which was handed down Thursday in DeSoto County Circuit Court.

He recieved 40 years on each count, which will run concurrently.

The case stemmed from an incident that occurred on September 3, 2023.

Farmer drove to a gas station in Coldwater looking for his ex-girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child.

He found her in a vehicle with her current boyfriend as the couple immediately drove away to avoid a confrontation.

Farmer pursued them, following their vehicle onto Interstate 55 heading north into DeSoto County.

While d

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