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Former JPD Officer Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison
Jackson, Miss – Bryan Jones, 45, of Jackson, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dan
Jordan to 27 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for extortion
by use of his position as a police officer, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI
Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway.
While working as a JPD officer, Jones violated the Hobbs Act by taking cash during a
stop from undercover FBI agents and never recording or placing the money in Jackson Police
Department evidence. At the time of the stop, Jones was carrying his service pistol holstered on
his belt and driving his patrol car.
A confidential source called Jones in order to provide him with the location where he
would find who Jones thought was a drug dealer but was really an undercover agent. Jones,
acting in his capacity as a police officer, conducted illegal searches and seized $4,000 and
$5,000, respectively. He later split the money with the confidential source and never recorded
the money or turned it over to the Jackson Police Department.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Jackson Police Department. It was
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mary Helen Wall and Erin Chalk
