A Clay County man’s post-court actions caused him to receive a sentence nearly three times as large as the one he had just been handed.
Amonty Young, 37, was initially going to spend 25 years in prison for attempted murder and attempted kidnapping; however, the subject reportedly caused a scene while being taken to a holding cell. Clay County Circuit Judge James Kitchens caught wind of the ruckus and had Young brought back into the courtroom.
According to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Young is accused of stabbing an unidentified woman, trying to kidnap the victim by forcing her into her own car, and stealing her car as she refused to comply with his demands back in January 2022. One week after Young’s arrest, he was caught with marijuana while locked up.
Young agreed to enter into a plea of guilty to the attempted murder and attempted kidnapping charges in exchange for Kitchens dropping the car theft and contraband inside a correctional facility charges against the subject. The agreement allowed Young’s total sentence to be 25 years — until his post-court antics.
Once Young returned to face Kitchens after the holding cell incident, the judge levied a lengthy 40-year sentence for the attempted murder charge with an additional 30 years tacked onto the inmate’s prison stint for the attempted kidnapping charge.
Young’s criminal rap sheet in Clay County spans over two decades. The criminal has faced previous charges for multiple burglaries, a pair of car thefts, forgery, assaulting law enforcement, and escaping jail twice.
Young has since been transported to the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County where he will serve his full sentence. MDOC’s official website has Young’s tentative release date set for January 22, 2058.
