Sheriff Issued Illegal Subpoenas to Spy on His Girlfriend

The sheriff, his girlfriend, and his illegal subpoenas

by Ilyssa Daly and Jerry Mitchell � Mississippi Today In 2014, Bryan Bailey, the sheriff of Rankin County, Miss., made what seemed like a series of routine requests of the local district attorney’

Sheriff Issued Illegal Subpoenas to Spy on His Girlfriend

A Mississippi sheriff “tapped into the power of a grand jury at least eight times over a year to spy on his married girlfriend and the school employee with whom she was also ‘unfaithful,'” Mississippi Today reports. “The investigative report, compiled in 2016 by the district attorney at the time, Michael Guest, laid out evidence that Sheriff Bailey had duped the prosecutor’s office and potentially violated state law on fraud, a felony that carri…

The sheriff, his girlfriend and his illegal subpoenas. What we know

Powerful figures in Mississippi, including the attorney general, two judges and a future congressman allegedly kept sheriff's secret.

The Sheriff, His Girlfriend and His Illegal Subpoenas

In 2014, Bryan Bailey, the sheriff of Rankin County, Miss., made what seemed like a series of routine requests of the local district attorney’s office. He needed grand jury subpoenas, he said, to force the phone company to turn over records of calls and text messages for what he called a “confidential internal investigation.” Sheriff Bailey scrawled a brief note on a subpoena form and gave it to a paralegal in the district attorney’s office. “Pl…

Report: Rankin Sheriff Allegedly Used Illegal Subpoenas To Spy On Girlfriend - Darkhorse Press

According to a report from The New York Times, Sheriff Bryan Bailey allegedly used the District Attorney’s Office to spy on his girlfriend through phone records. The Times states that Bailey subpoenaed the phone records of a school district employee he thought his married girlfriend might be cheating on him with by telling the office of then-DA Michael Guest that there was potential wrongdoing at the school district. Guest compiled an investigat…