RUTHERFORD, Tenn. (WMC) - A convicted felon will spend the next 25 years at the Tennessee Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a deadly robbery-turned-shooting in 2022.

According to District Attorney Frederick Agee, 31-year-old Johnny Yarbrough made his plea in Gibson County Court Thursday morning for charges of second-degree murder, robbery and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

His conviction stems from the 2022 shooting death of a man identified as Joseph Simpson.

DA Agee says Simpson was acquainted with his attackers, which included Yarbrough and two codefendants, Tyler Pierce and Amanda Cathey.

On Nov. 30, 2022, the trio reportedly went to Simpson’s home and robbed him and his roommates at gunpoint. During the heist, a struggle

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