RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – The Rankin County sheriff is fiercely criticizing a Mississippi Today investigation alleging that he used county resources and tax dollars for his own personal gain, but deferred to his attorney for specifics on the claims raised Thursday.
The sheriff takes issue with the six-month investigation, telling 3 On Your Side exclusively that the reporting is not true, even as the sheriff’s own attorney admits some of what was reported did happen.
The bulk of these allegations against the sheriff come from one of his own, a deputy convicted and sentenced for his role in the torture and beating of two Black men…