Justice Dept.: Former Mississippi Officer Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force
May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 15, 2024:
A former Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals' Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force pleaded guilty today to using excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee.
According to court documents and evidence presented in court, on Sept. 16, 2021, John Winstead was working as a federal task force officer when he willfully depriv . . .
A former Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals' Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force pleaded guilty today to using excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee.
According to court documents and evidence presented in court, on Sept. 16, 2021, John Winstead was working as a federal task force officer when he willfully depriv . . .