Former corrections officer pleads guilty to obstruction of justice
A former corrections officer for the Washington County Sheriff's Department in Potosi, Mo., pleaded guilty in US District Court in St. Louis, to one count of obstruction of justice, admitting that she intentionally misled law enforcement officials about her role in the assault of an inmate housed in the Washington County Jail, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
A former Olive Branch police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges of trying to obstruct a federal investigation.