Six child predators sentenced across Mississippi, AG Fitch announces
All six will be required to register as sex offenders
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Updated: 2:17 PM CST Dec 18, 2020
All six will be required to register as sex offenders
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Updated: 2:17 PM CST Dec 18, 2020
Six child predators have been sentenced and put behind bars by Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s Cyber Crime Division. Robert Michael Lundstrom II, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of child exploitation and was sentenced by Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Robert T. “Bo” Bailey to eight years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He will be subject to five years post-release supervision and was ordered to pay $3,000 in fees, including $1,000 to the Mississippi Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund and $1,000 to the Mississippi Children’s Trust Fund, as well as all court costs. William Wood, 22, entered an open plea to one count of child exploitation and was sentenced by Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson to 10 years, suspended, with three years supervised probation. Kendrick Quintarius Gates, 32, pleaded guilty to two counts of child exploitation, enticement to meet for sexual purposes and enticement of a child to produce a visual depiction of sexual conduct, and one count of sexual battery. He was sentenced by Bolivar County Circuit Judge Albert B. Smith to 25 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He will be subject to 5 years post-release supervision and was ordered to pay $1,000 to the Mississippi Children’s Trust Fund, $1,000 to the Mississippi Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund, and all court costs. Jacob Brent Fitzgerald, 26, entered an open plea to one count of child exploitation and was sentenced by Judge Charles Wright of the Lauderdale County Circuit Court to 10 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He will be subject to 5 years post-release supervision and was ordered to pay $10,000 in fines. Kevin Andrew Martin, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of child exploitation and was sentenced by Jackson County Circuit Judge Dale Harkey to five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He will be subject to five years post-release supervision and was ordered to pay $1,000 to Jackson County, $1,000 to the Mississippi Children’s Trust Fund, and $500 to the Mississippi Crime Victim’s Fund. Zachorey Taylor Compton, 24, who was already registered as a sex offender, entered an open plea to two counts of child exploitation and was sentenced by Harrison County Circuit Judge Christopher Schmidt to 26 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He will be subject to five years of post-release supervision and five years of non-reporting probation.All six will be required to register as sex offenders and will serve their sentences day-for-day without the possibility for parole.