DeSoto County DA announces guilty pleas for corrupt ex-officer and alderman in theft and fraud cases.

DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced the guilty pleas of former Southaven police officer Tony Herring Jr., and former Horn Lake alderman Charles Roberts, for their roles in car theft and unemployment fraud, respectively. Herring Jr. aided a car theft ring while on duty, while Roberts defrauded the system of over $16,000 in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Barton emphasized a crackdown on corruption in the county.