Jackson Jambalaya

Probably will hire one just as bad............

Is this the officer who, while on duty, and from his patrol unit window, attempted to offer behavioral counseling to the under-aged female resident of Jackson? Clearly he was only offering her guidance as to how she might stay out of the bad neighborhood.

ONLY fired? Should he not be charged with solicitation of a minor.

Thanks JPD. Now we can start looking for the next one.

I'm certain he had her best interest at heart. He was warning her to look out for guys like him. Nothing to see here, folks.

3:20. Since they have an opening, why don't you just step right on up and apply.

he will have another job in law enforcement within 30 days. thats how law enforcement works. most don't know that......but, now you know

Big deal. Fire you,fire them,fire me...matters not. I am sure either canton or the Hinds county sheriffs will hire that POS. Seem to be a pattern.

True dat, 5:17. Up in the Delta, the sleazeball cops basically rotate between a dozen crappy towns desperate to hire officers. Get fired, sign on with the next town down the road, repeat.

@ August 17, 2016 at 3:44 PM

Once again! The Age of Consent in Mississippi Age is 16 years old. In the United States, the age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to participation in sexual activity. Individuals aged 15 or younger in Mississippi are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape.

Mississippi statutory rape law is violated when a person has consensual sexual intercourse with an individual under age 16 who is not their spouse. A close in age exemption exists when the age gap between the parties is less than 36 months.

Additionally, because the teen is of age, she's not considered a "child"

Under Mississippi’s laws, it is a crime to take or entice a child under the age of 14 (the girl in this incident is 17) for the purpose of prostitution.

(Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-5.)

Compared to other states, Mississippi has some of the lightest sentences for prostitution crimes.

Prostitution and promoting prostitution are punishable by a fine of up to $200, up to six months in jail, or both.

Enticing a child for the purpose of prostitution is punishable by up to one year in jail or ten years’ imprisonment, or a fine of up to $1,000, or both a fine and time in jail or prison.

(Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-5-5, 97-29-53.)

So if you want to blame some one for the idiot getting a pass, blame the pedophiles who run the state legislature, not JPD! The state legislature creates the laws!

3:44 PM, thanks, now what is the statue of limitations?

He holds a position of trust, his limit is 18.

"Solicitation of a minor"? Hardly. He is not soliciting prostitution. He is merely propositioning sex. If her uncle had sent him, she'd be fine with it.

If you haven't noticed, and apparently many of the comments above clearly indicate that is the case, JPD actually does a decent job. The problem is the DA and the judiciary. In other words, the catch in catch in release works. Not JPD's fault that RSS and Tomie Green let em go. See if RSS charges this guy. Just don't make JPD look like they are the sole source of the problem.

Once again the ever present camera changes the landscape. It will take time, but eventually the cops around the country will get the reality that the camera phones have changed their jobs and they can no longer get away with anything they want. Most do a great job, but the days of covering for their stupid ass partners is over.

I commend the girl who recorded the conversation. She set him up real good. He must have been bothering her for a long time, and she finally had enough of his crap.

Wonder what his wife had to say when he got home?

KF, what has happened to the remaining Epps indictments?

My thoughts, what else was Officer Stasher doing on the job? Is this a culture at JPD that's overlooked. Well it bit old papa in the ass!
That JPD car looked good in front of that 1/2 million dollar house in Madison.
They troll poor neighborhoods during the day and slighter home into the surrounding counties at night. Hey Honey I'm home what's for Dinner.
Dang Dumbasses, get off your high horses. The hood folks know how to use an iPhone! Are your smarter than a 5th grader?

From one old brother to another," you old ass broke down perverts need to go HOME and spend Quality time with your families"

Seems to me that many of the above commenters qualify for membership in black lives matter. Let's make lots of fun of police and JPD in particular. No wonder we have so many problems with attitudes like this.

He wasn't soliciting prostitution unless there was an offer to pay for sex. The conversation was garbled on tape and KF decided to redact some of it, for unknown reasons. Now, if he had offered to get her nails did and a box of diapers, that would be soliciting sex for compensation.

He was giving the girl his cell phone number. The only thing redacted is his number.

@ 9:51am

You can be Pro-police and stand for "Black Lives Matter"

What's up with so many people being butt hurt behind that comment, "Black Lives Matter" ?

If you are "pro-police" you can't be "Black Lives Matter" because "Black Lives Matter" called for the killing of police.

"Black Lives Matter" is not a comment. It's an ignorance.

The very saying is ignorance in that it's gives credence to the value (or lack thereof) of a race compared to another when "Race shouldn't Matter".

Mmm k, thanks 9:40.

@ 9:40pm

Bullshit! "it's gives credence to the value (or lack thereof) of a race compared to another when "Race shouldn't Matter".

If race shouldn't matter, you would see more diversity in neighborhoods, you wouldn't have these asshat bigots come on here everyday talking about JPD, or elected officials in Jackson, or tossing around the word "Thug" when every time a black man does something in Jackson.

You are probably pissed behind the fact that people are actually starting to put value on Black persons life. You probably miss the days when a group of white men can charge into a jail, pull a black man out of a cell and lynch him before he received a "fair" trial.

Perhaps when two white men beat the snot out of a teenage black boy for allegedly whistling at a white woman and not do one day in jail for murder!?

What's ignorant is you don't get it, could care less about the timeline of events and probably feel like they need to get in back in the bus where they belong!

Just another programmed bigot living in a mind state of ignorant bliss!

The only thing redacted was his number which took seven seconds of the tape? Hardly matters as nothing on the tape was understandable anyway.

6:57 "If race shouldn't matter, you would see more diversity in neighborhoods, you wouldn't have these asshat bigots come on here everyday talking about JPD, or elected officials in Jackson, or tossing around the word "Thug" when every time a black man does something in Jackson."

Diversity - you can move to any neighborhood you want to.

JPD - Too many bad poster kids.

Elected officials - You're kidding, right?

"Thug" - They're the news every hour. We'd prefer to see husbands and fathers making the news feed doing warm, fuzzy family stuff but...

JPS - You forgot to include?