JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi deputy sheriff was arrested Thursday by the FBI, one among a number of arrests it made throughout a number of regulation enforcement businesses within the state, an area sheriff mentioned.
Sunflower County Sheriff James Haywood confirmed the arrest of his deputy, Marvin Flowers. He additionally mentioned the FBI arrested the sheriffs of two different counties, along with different regulation enforcement officers, on allegations of public corruption. Haywood didn’t present additional particulars concerning the allegations.
“The general public’s belief goes to be destroyed,” Haywood mentioned. “It is a huge blow for regulation enforcement.”
Haywood mentioned Flowers labored for the division for 13 years. Sunflower County is within the northwest a part of the state.
It wasn’t instantly recognized if Haywood had a lawyer .
The FBI workplace in Jackson, the state capital, mentioned it deliberate a significant announcement later Thursday along with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace of the Northern District of Mississippi. It didn’t elaborate on the character of the deliberate announcement.
A number of Mississippi regulation enforcement businesses have confronted federal scrutiny in recent times.
In 2023, six regulation enforcement officers pleaded responsible to a protracted checklist of state and federal expenses for torturing two Black males. “The Goon Squad,” as they known as themselves, sparked an ongoing Division of Justice investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The same DOJ probe concluded final 12 months that officers of the Lexington Police Division discriminated in opposition to Black individuals and repeatedly violated residents’ civil rights.
