Sex charges for an Indianola police officer 01-04-2011

A FORMER INDIANOLA POLICE OFFICER IS INDICTED ON SEX CHARGES. A SUNFLOWER COUNTY GRAND JURY RETURNED A TWO-COUNT INDICTMENT LAST MONTH AGAINST KEITH WHITNEY. COUNT ONE CHARGED HIM WITH ATTEMPTED SEXUAL PENETRATION WITH AN INMATE ON OR ABOUT MAY 25, 2010. THE SECOND COUNT CHARGED WHITNEY WITH SEXUAL PENETRATION WITH AN INMATE IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED ORAL SEX INVOLVING THE OFFICER AND A WOMAN.  INDIANOLA POLICE CHIEF TOMMY MOFFETT RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT, BUT MOFFETT SAYS THE MISSISSIPPI AND FEDERAL BUREAUS OF INVESTIGATION WORKED THE COMPLAINT.  THE SUNFLOWER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED TO FIRE WHITNEY BACK IN JUNE. WHITNEY WAS BOOKED INTO THE SUNFLOWER COUNTY JAIL ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND IS CURRENTLY OUT ON A $5,000 BOND.