Dendrick Hurd, former MS corrections probation officer pleads guilty

A former Mississippi Department of Corrections probation officer pleaded guilty Monday to four counts of embezzlement for taking more than $4,000 from people between February 2020 and June 2021.

Dendrick Hurd was indicted by a grand jury in September on two of the charges and December on two additional charges. The 28-year-old’s trial was set to begin Tuesday.

According to State Auditor Shad White’s office, Hurd told probationers under his supervision to purchase money orders and leave them blank, using them for his own benefit.

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His victims contacted the state auditor’s office to report the funds were not credited to their accounts.

Hurd told Forrest County Circuit Judge Bob Helfrich he was guilty of the crimes for which he was charged in an open plea to the court.

An open plea means there was no agreement made with the district attorney’s office. Hurd faces up to 80 years in prison — 20 years for each charge — or $20,000 in fines.

Hurd’s sentence will be determined following a pre-sentence investigation and a sentencing date will be set after the report is complete.

Helfrich ordered Hurd taken into custody until sentencing.

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