Christopher Epps, former MDOC commissioner, indicted for taking bribes for contracts
JACKSON, Mississippi — A 49-count federal indictment charges former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps, who resigned abruptly this week, with accepting more than $700,000 in bribes from a Rankin County businessman.
The indictment unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Jackson also charges Cecil McCrory of Brandon and says he paid Epps to obtain contracts for himself and other companies.
The indictment says McCrory was a paid consultant for companies that received contracts from the Corrections Department to run private prisons, including Cornell Group, GEO Group and current contractor Management and Training Corp. The companies were named in the indictment but not charged.
Epps is charged in 35 counts, while McCrory is charged in 15.
Gulflive
11/6/14
Magnolia Tribune
