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January 25, 2008 |
Tom Smith, Supervisory Deputy U.S.
Marshal San Antonio (210)
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The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force Arrests
Former Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer |
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San
Antonio, TX - Today the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) arrested
former Pearl Mississippi Correctional Officer Jennifer Readus in San
Antonio.
In 2006, Jennifer Readus was a Correctional Officer employed at the Central
Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Mississippi. On November 9,
2006, a warrant was issued for her arrest after Readus failed to appear in
Rankin County Circuit Court to answer an indictment charging Readus with
Sexual Activity between a Law Enforcement Officer and a Prisoner.
Recently the United States Marshals Service sponsored Gulf Coast Regional
Fugitive Task Force in Jackson, Mississippi developed information that
placed Readus in San Antonio. At this point the LSFTF was contacted for
assistance. LSFTF members found Readus at West Telemarketing located at 8000
Leaurate, San Antonio, Texas. Readus was arrested without incident.
The United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas LaFayette
Collins said, “It always saddens me when a law enforcement officer ends up
on the wrong side of the law. If these charges are true, the irony is that
Jennifer Readus is now in the same type of place as those she once had
control over.” |
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