HINDS COUNTY, Miss. ( WJTV ) – Former interim Hinds County Sheriff Marshand Crisler has reported to federal prison. He is being held at Beckley FCI in West Virginia.
Crisler was convicted by a federal jury in November 2024 on the charges of soliciting a bribe and providing ammunition to a convicted felon. He was previously denied a motion for a new trial.
The evidence at trial showed that shortly after becoming sheriff, Crisler solicited and accepted $9,500 in cash bribes from a convicted felon over three months, from September through November 2021.
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In exchange for that money, prosecutors said Crisler agreed to provide favors through his position as Hinds County Sheriff. These favors included sharing information concerning future criminal investigations involving the bribe payor, moving a jailed family member to a better place within the Hinds County Jail, and hiring the bribe payor to work at the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office…