A Brandon man has been sentenced to serve 25 years for sexual battery involving a minor child, according to Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett. The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a local hospital on October 10, 2022, reporting that a juvenile patient was there.
A Richland pastor and teacher has been convicted by a Rankin County jury for committing sex crimes against a child under his guardianship and another individual who was underage at the time the alleged abuse took place. 52-year-old Samuel Lamar, a music teacher at schools across Mississippi for over 25.