Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Walnut Grove mayor indicted.

A federal grand jury indicted Walnut Grove Mayor Grady Sims for allegedly sexually assaulting a prisoner and then tampering with a witness to interfere with an investigation. Mr. Sims will face an initial appearance in federal court today.




Count one states Mr. Sims "sexually assaulted "the victim"*, an inmate under the custody and control of SIMS at the Walnut Grove Transition Center, resulting in bodily injury to "the victim"....

Count two alleges Mr. Sims "did knowingly attempt to corruptly persuade "the victim" by instructing "the victim" to lie to investigators regarding the events in Count 1, with the intent to influence the testimony of "the victim" in an official proceeding, namely a federal grand jury proceeding.."



Looks like this is not the first time the Mayor has drawn scrutiny when it comes to prisons.


14 comments:

Mustange1972 said...

If he is guilty, I hope he gets everything he deserves.

Anonymous said...

wonder if MP is code for male prisoner. that makes it more salacious

Anonymous said...

12:56 - don't know what MP is code for, but Walnut Grove is a facility for young boys and men - only. It has no female inmates.

Anonymous said...

City of Flowood almost lost their rights to inmate labor over these kind of hijinks a few years ago.

Anonymous said...

the transition centers housed both male and females.

Anonymous said...

If he likes having sex with male prisoners so much I guess this situation will be a great improvement to his mundane life.

Anonymous said...

Walnut Grove is real quiet, the town is all old buildings, the prison was a boon for the economy

Anonymous said...

First, Sims was warden from October 2009 - Jan 2010 of the Walnut Grove Transition Centers #1 and #2 one housing males and one housing females. WGTC are private facilities housing MDOC inmates. Both were restitution centers. The Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility is totally separate and houses male juvenile inmates. The facility is owned by the state and walnut grove correctional authority and is managed by a private firm called GEO.

Anonymous said...

I was the "Linda" poster. I'm not sure if KF posted it or not. I'm not sure of how to really articulate my point, but I offer the following:

Small town people know about things going on and go to great measure to hide them. The greater the prominence in a small town, the greater the hiding/ignoring/denying the truth.

For God's sake they all put on bumper stickers many years ago saying, "I love Dr. ___," after he was brought to court over claiming medicare benefits on people that were deceased.

Anonymous said...

9:30 You articulated your point quite well.
It's not just small towns or even all small towns. In a city, it can be a social or organized group that has a member accused of wrong doing.
It's a combination of denial and a tribal mentality that develops in toxic groups.
The problem comes when the mentality becomes a part of the cultural values. Then it's not about "defending your own kind" anymore, it's condoning and encouraging wrong doing. It's then about sending the wrong message to the next generation.
This is why we have Sims and Dedmon and Graham and Irby and Bell and Frazier all the others we've had in disgrace on this blog.

Micah said...

Isn't Walnut Grove a town on Little Louse on the Prairie.

Anonymous said...

I think we should have a caption contest for the picture.

"Ya'll stay here and ask me questions. I'm gonna go over yonder."

"...and right over there is where we are building the town discotheque and sex dungeon. The dungeon will, of course, be in the basement. Above the disco will be a revolving restaurant offering 360 degree, panoramic views of our beautiful downtown, that will serve locally produced and sourced, seasonal ingredients, fresh from the farm."

"Look! It's Godzilla!" (then runs away)

Anonymous said...

he's got pretty lips

Anonymous said...

He's pointing at the Fish House. Y'all calm down and go get a fish dinner and a whiskey. I got vending machines to fill.


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