Sheriff requests nude photos from female inmate in exchange for favourable treatment, US feds say

Beginning in January 2019, Grassaree solicited nude photos from an inmate, and in turn granted her privileges other inmates didn’t have, federal officials said. — Dreamstime/TNS

A sheriff requested nude photos from a female inmate in Mississippi, and in exchange provided her with “favourable treatment”, federal officials said.

Terry Grassaree, the 61-year-old former sheriff of Noxubee County, has now pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi said in a May 7 news release.