The Justice Department issued the following statement.
The former Sheriff of Noxubee County pleaded guilty today to making false statements to agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding his relationship with an inmate in the Noxubee County jail.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Terry Grassaree, 61, of Macon, made a materially false statement to the FBI in July 2020, when questioned about requesting and receiving nude photos or videos from an inmate in the jail that he oversaw as the Sheriff of Noxubee County.
Grassaree used his position as Sheriff to solicit and accept nude photos and videos from a female inmate in exchange for favorable treatment of the inmate. Grassaree provided her with benefits at the jail that other inmates did not receive, or did not receive as often, including allowing the use of a contraband cell phone, tobacco, and other items. She was also made a trustee and given a job cooking in the jail.
On March 5, 2019, Grassaree used a social media platform to request a video from the inmate. On the same date, Grassaree received multiple nude images from the inmate via the social media platform and responded in a flirtatious and complimentary manner.
During an interview with the FBI, Grassaree lied about receiving the photographs, and these statements were intended to influence the FBI’s investigation of Grassaree and the treatment of detainees in the Noxubee County jail.
Grassaree was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 5, 2022. One of Grassaree’s former deputies, Vance Phillips has also pleaded guilty to using facilities in interstate commerce, namely, the internet and a cellular phone, for the purpose of committing the offense of bribery. Phillips is awaiting sentencing and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Grassaree is scheduled to be sentenced on August 7, 2024, and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee of the Southern District of Mississippi and Special Agent in Charge Robert Eikhoff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation made the announcement.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly Purdie and Dave Fulcher are prosecuting the case.
12 comments:
Ewwww, just gross.
If you can't trade cigarettes for nudes of hot inmates, then what's the point of being sheriff anyhow?
This thread is worthless without photos and videos.
I bet another Sheriff playing fast and loose with the female trustees is shittin his pants .
The FBI seems to be cutting a path through the MS LEOs. They'll never get all the dirty LEOs in MS, but, maybe they'll stay until the worst of the worst are doing time on the other side of the bars.
Now that his wife knows.
He's in the jailhouse Now!
FBI can tell as many lies and make up as many false stories as they want when questioning you. But if you lie to them—prison.
Also, they always have at least 2 agents present when questioning you and they do NOT record the interview and will not let you record it. So it’s their word(2 of them) against your word.
Moral of this story, don’t talk to the FBI. They are not your friend.
Was that wrong?
Should he have not done that?
I bet if someone told him that it was wrong, he would have never had done that.
That being said, was she hot?
As my attorney father drilled into me, politely tell them, "Sir, I will be happy to cooperate after I talk with my attorney and have him/her present at questioning." Every time. You have a 5A right against self-incrimination.
As my attorney father drilled into me, politely tell them, "Sir, I will be happy to cooperate after I talk with my attorney and have him/her present at questioning." Every time. You have a 5A right against self-incrimination.
Even though I am prone to self-inflicted mistakes, the things people do to make their lives exponentially more complicated and hard never ceases to amaze me.
Chokwe and Tyree does worse than this. What’s the big deal?
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