Man sentenced in Alcorn County to 30 years in prison for sexual battery of a child

July 8, 2022 Jon R Myers

JULY 8, 2022 CORINTH, MS

Randy Lee Downs of Booneville, MS, age 53, will serve the next 30 years in the State Penitentiary.

An Alcorn county jury convicted Downs of Sexual Battery and Fondling on Thursday.

Circuit Court Judge Michael P. Mills, Jr. sentenced Downs this morning. Downs’ victim was a minor at the time the offenses were committed.

Assistant District Attorneys Clay Cummings and Megan French prosecuted the case for the State.

Jon R Myers

Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.

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