U.S. Attorney’s Office May 13,
2014 • Southern District of Mississippi (601) 965-4480
JACKSON, MS—Former Jackson
Police Officer Tony Davis, of Clinton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court
today to 25 months in federal prison for bribery, announced U.S. Attorney
Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen. He was also
ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
Davis pled guilty to the
bribery charge in December 2013, admitting that, while employed as a patrol
sergeant with the Jackson Police Department in 2010, Davis advised another
Jackson Police officer that he would pay the officer $10,000 if he would assist
Davis in disposing of an outstanding drug charge against a defendant Davis
knew.
This case was investigated by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney
Jerry Rushing.
