Wilson Frederick Jones, 31, a former teacher at Corinth School District, was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to six counts of child exploitation in Alcorn County Circuit Court.
Judge John R. White sentenced Jones to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, suspending an additional 102 years. Jones will serve the sentence day for day, due to the severity of the offenses. The sentence will run concurrently with a previous 60-month federal sentence, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors credited the Corinth Police Department, including Chief Landon Tucker and detectives Bo Swindle and Heather Russell, for their work on the case. Federal authorities, including the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi, also contributed to the investigation.
Assistant District Attorneys Kyle Robbins and Clay Cummings prosecuted the case on behalf of the state. The sentencing was announced by District Attorney Jason D. Herring of the First Circuit Court District, according to a news release.
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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