La. U.S. Attorney: Former Mississippi Officer Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana 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 federa . . .
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 federa . . .