Attorney General Jim Hood issued the following statement.
A Rankin County man was denied bond Thursday morning after investigators with Attorney General Jim Hood’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested him for allegedly downloading child pornography.
Timothy Sistrunk, 57, was arrested Wednesday and charged with 10 counts of child exploitation for possession of child pornography. He is being held in the Rankin County jail without bond.
If convicted, Sistrunk faces up to 400 years in prison and $5,000,000 in fines. A charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
This case was investigated by the AG’s ICAC Task Force with assistance from the Florence Police Department, University of Mississippi Medial Center Police Department, and ICAC affiliate Rankin County Sheriff’s Office. It will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Brandon Ogburn.
17 comments:
Chop his head off, both of them.
However, meanwhile: In Jackson, people charged with murder are released either on low bond or their own recognizance. What's wrong with this picture.
I’ve known Tim Sistrunk for over 20 years and this does not fit the character of the man I know. Jim Hood is trying to railroad this man for quick election year publicity. God will judge you one day for all of your wicked deeds Mr. Hood.
Not as big as Hood's stellar actions against Scruggs, Epps, Adams, et al but we'll take it.
What is that the 3 or 4th Niknar redneck to go down (ha) for kiddie porn in the past 90 days?
"Now boys, y'all know that I am running for higher office, so get out there and arrest me one of them peedofiles so I can get a press release out. Get 'er done."
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Two questions. Why and in what way were UMMC police involved? What is that brace/device on his head in this WLBT photograph ?
Reply to Louis LeFleur
Looks like a medical orthopedic device to stabilize his Jaw. Musta had a broken jaw.
If they are right, then 400 years in prison and $5,000,000 in fines isn't enough. If they are wrong, then they've just ruined his life by making the arrest, with the publicity and ensuing guilt by association.
Does anyone else remember this outrageous situation?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria
It's amazing how people will jump into every high profile situation that becomes trendy with no regard to the damage they do to innocent people and with no real concern for any consequences.
Don’t know him, don’t know if he’s innocent or guilty ,don’t know how many times he downloaded child porn. In this day and time any of us could download child porn if it was labeled as something else. Also I’m sure some of the adult porn from foreign sites might contain participants who are underage but look older. I’m certainly not condoning anyone participating in child porn activities but let’s Wait and see the evidence before we lynch (oops not politically correct wording) him.
@3:33 PM, "downloading" is not the same as "viewing."
Ten counts of participating in the distribution of child pornography through an Internet Service Provider is a whole lot different than basing a case on highly-suggestive interviews with pre-school children (@1:41), accidentally clicked on it/she looked legal (@3:33), or bearing false witness against a man's character for political gain (@8:43). The fact that Jim Hood is running for governor as a Democrat (gasp!) doesn't change that.
These charges depend on documentary evidence; the prosecution either has it or they don't. I suspect they do. I also suspect this creep earned that broken jaw. While I'm at it, I think the whole "God will punish you for persecuting this fine person" thing is a huge load of pious crap. I think it's more likely that God's will is done by calling somebody out for who and what they are. Yes, I am biased.
@3:51
Except that downloading is the same thing as viewing. Even if you stream a movie on Netflix it is still downloading hence it counts against a data cap if you will.
I think that you are referring to archiving. Either way in this case both are frowned upon any way you slice it. He needs to be put down.
So, 7:54, to be clear...If you spot a post somewhere that starts with, "Man you ain't gonna believe this" and you click on it and it contains photos of ten children (that fall within the definition) are you likely guilty of ten counts of downloading? What if that's all this guy did? And we have no clue what he did.
If the guy is guilty, burn him. If not, burn the guys who set him up.
Preliminary hearing this morning so y’all that want to defend this scumbag will see this was a pattern of sick behavior and not oops, I clicked on a misleading link
It's amusing to look back - a year and a half later, after the new Republican AG continued to prosecute and obtain a guilty plea and long sentences, how hollow the "Hood charged them only for political ends" comments sound. Doubtless, some of those same voices would now proclaim that Hood lost because he was against law and order.
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