Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee was scheduled to plead guilty today to a federal misdemeanor charge involving a dispute over two trucks of ice for Hurricane Katrina victims following the storm.
However, late Thursday, the plea hearing was unexpectedly delayed indefinitely.
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"I was told that I could either plead to this misdemeanor or I and my deputies would be indicted on felony charges," McGee said. "I've asked the government on three separate occasions to indict me and leave the deputies out of it because they were only acting at my direction."
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"I feel like he's probably getting some pressure from the Mississippi National Guard," McGee said. "He told me the governor personally demanded I be prosecuted for this."
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