A former chief of police has been sentenced to almost two years in prison for punching someone in the face while acting is his official capacity.Jimmie Johnson, former chief of Webb, small town in the Mississippi Delta, was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison. He also was ordered to serve two years of supervised release, complete 50 hours of community service and to never serve in law enforcement again.The Clarion-Ledger reported that the 31-year-old was indicted almost a year ago for a February 2012 incident while he was a captain with the Tutwiler Police Department. He pleaded guilty to assaulting an individual by punching him in the face under color of law and thereby depriving that person of their civil rights.

A former chief of police has been sentenced to almost two years in prison for punching someone in the face while acting is his official capacity.

Jimmie Johnson, former chief of Webb, small town in the Mississippi Delta, was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison. He also was ordered to serve two years of supervised release, complete 50 hours of community service and to never serve in law enforcement again.


The Clarion-Ledger reported that the 31-year-old was indicted almost a year ago for a February 2012 incident while he was a captain with the Tutwiler Police Department. He pleaded guilty to assaulting an individual by punching him in the face under color of law and thereby depriving that person of their civil rights.



