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The probation officer for Doug Hindman was indicted and convicted a year after he requested termination for Mr. Hindman's probation when it was only 50% completed.


A Hinds County grand jury indicted Gerald Jones, Jr. on June 2, 201 for three counts of embezzlement and three counts of extortion. The indictment charged Mr. Jones with selling early releases from probation. It seems Mr. Jones was pretty cheap as the indictment alleges he charged $150, $200, and $50 for the three cases cited. Judge Swan Yerger approved a plea agreement on October 20, 2010. Mr. Jones was sentenced to one year of house arrest under MDOC supervision and had to pay $660 in restitution per month (Yes, this is the son of Gerald Jones. That should tell you all you need to know about why he got one year of house arrest.)

Mr. Jones was the probation officer for Doug Hindman. Mr. Hindman was busted for exploitation of a child in 2006 in a joint sting operation between NBC and the Hinds County Sheriff's office. A Hinds County Grand Jury indicted him for exploitation of a child in 2007. His attorney, Cynthia Stewart, made a plea agreement with the prosecutor, Rebecca Mansell, that reduced the charge to cyberstalking. The court ordered Mr. Hindman to pay a $10,000 fine, suspended a prison sentence of two years, and placed him on probation for five years. Earlier post containing court file and chat log

Mr. Jones filed a petition to terminate his probation on July 28, 2009 after he had completed only 50% of his probation. Special Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn approved the petition and terminated Mr. Hindman's probation. Then of course there is this passage published by the New York Times last week:

"Maggi and I wanted to begin by thanking you and Marsha for a lovely and special lunch at the Mansion last Tuesday,” began a letter to the governor by a family friend of Doug Hindman, one pardon applicant. “It was very interesting to see the historical quilt upstairs.”

So lets get this straight. The HCSO busts Doug Hindman trying to hook up with what he thought was a 13 year-old girl. He is indicted for exploitation of a child. An Ed Peters crony representing Mr. Hindman and a prosecutor involved in some questionable cases cut a deal reducing his charge to a lesser felony and resulting in no jail time for Mr. Hindman. Then a crooked probation officer gets his probation terminated after its only halfway completed. Then Governor Barbour pardons him after a "lovely and special lunch".

Welcome to the Mississippi criminal justice system.