Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.
Around 6:00 am, this morning, March 26, 2025, investigators and deputies with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at a residence on Bishop Lane south of Florence.
The sheriff’s office has been conducting an extensive investigation since 2024 into allegations of fraud and employee corruption at a small business in Rankin County. The evidence and information obtained through the course of that investigation identified multiple instances of fraud perpetrated by Sherri Sims Kimbrow.
Kimbrow was arrested during the execution of the search warrant and transported to the Rankin County Detention Center where she is currently being housed on $5,000 bond.
Kingfish note: The court docket states:
Embezzlement by Agent/Officer/Trustee of Company or Private Individual (0-5YRS)(BOND $5, 000.00); ON OR ABOUT MAY 2023 AND CONTINUING UNTIL OCTOBER 2024, DID FELONIOUSLY EMBEZZLE OR FRAUDULENTLY SECRET OR CONCEAL OR CONVERT TO HER OWN USE OR MAKE AWAY WITH APPROXIMATELY $1, 448.46 IN MONEY WHICH HAD COME OR BEEN ENTRUSTED TO HER CARE OR POSSESSION BY VIRTUE OF HER EMPLOYMENT OR OFFICE OR POSITION OF TRUST WITH NEELY TRUCKING & EXCAVATION.
The investigator's affidavit alleges Kimbrow used a company American Express card to order items from Amazon, Sam's Club, and Office Depot and had them delivered to her house.
27 comments:
Really? Just give her the chance to pay it back before you file charges. I mean $1448....?
Is this someone important? Is this business important? I’m not being sarcastic. I legitimately have no idea why anyone would care about this and wonder if I’m missing something.
I suspect that there is more to the story than just $1,448.
Unfortunately, middle aged women are often charged with embezzlement in MS. $1,448.00 stolen means she lacks sufficient conscience and integrity to be trusted and therefore is capable of embezzling as much as she could get away with.
@2:38pm: Would you trust this woman to be in your house or your business?
1,448.46? I'd see if I can get a plea bargain...pay it back and have the charges dropped. Its gonna cost way more then that to prosecute.
Florence is on a roll! Funny to see my old white-trash home town is keeping up with Jackson. Next will be drive-by shootings in Rolling Hills and Cleary Heights. Followed by the mayor being indicted for flying to Key West and taking a bribe at some gay strip club.
That is a rough 32.
Also, if her employer didn’t want her gone, they would’ve let her pay back the charges to the company AMEX.
This is definately the crime of the century, err, year, err, month, err, week, err, day.
Usual suspects I see
@3:48PM, it's probably too much eating out at Jerry's and Berry's.
Thanks KF i been looking for the charges online none of the Local Media had what you put out here they just said she was arrested that's it.
Why am I reminded of Ron White and "You got me...you caught the Tater..."?
If this investigation was indeed extensive it cost more than it revealed.
It sounds like a few of the commenters are just fine with California's allowance of petty theft <$1,000 in value not being a serious crime. Theft is theft.
Weird. I couldn’t get rankin to touch a big embezzlement case. They called it a “civil” matter
8:27…”Equal Justice Under Law “ is, in Rankin County, connected to whom you know.
Looks like Sheriff Bryan Bailey needed a distraction....any distraction....away from his grift, graft, and outright theft of tax dollars and property. How this guy is not in cuffs this morning is disturbing. Mississippi is a shit sandwich.
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/03/27/youre-his-property-embattled-mississippi-sheriff-used-inmates-and-county-resources-for-personal-gain-former-inmates-and-deputy-say/
We're supposed to be impressed with Rankin catching a small time crook while simultaneously embarrassed by the front page story today in the NYT about the Rankin sheriff's theft of state property and illegal use of prison trusty labor on his mommie's chicken farm in Pucket? Why hasn't Bailey been indicted? Where's Shad White??????????
I guess using county equipment and supplies along with inmate labor for personal gain is ok with Sheriff Bailey.
At least they had the decency to allow her to put on makeup and fix her hair before the mug shot.
Looks like someone told her the joke about Bailey's mughshot!
The truth will always come out. Christian Dedmon has nothing to lose, and is telling it all.
Interesting how every news agency in the state is covering the news about Bryan Bailey enslaving inmates except the JJ blog and Darkhorse Press (police fansite)
Didn't know about it til you peeps reported it in the comments, which I approved, by the way so not like I'm trying to hide it. Already had stuff scheduled to go up this morning. I plan on posting about it right after lunch.
She could have waited a couple of months and stole a Semi Truck and a Trailer!
@ March 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM - You know Therese can't bite the hand that feeds her. But its about time we have some media outlets holding the current power structure that is in place accountable.
At least, by posting above, the buzzards gave the State Auditor a break. I'll betchu my madras draws he ain't never arrested nobody for theft of $1500.00.
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