MISSISSIPPI
Sun Herald
BY ROBIN FITZGERALD
rfitzgerald@sunherald.com Twitter: robincrimenews
GULFPORT — A former Stone County preacher is going to prison for 22 full years for molesting a girl over a three-year period, starting when she was 11 years old.
Carlos Smith, 55, of Saucier, was sentenced Monday in Harrison County Circuit Court in Gulfport.
Smith sexually abused the girl in church and in a family member’s home, according to testimony at his recent trial.
Judge Roger Clark ordered Smith to serve his prison term day for day without eligibility for probation or parole. Clark also ordered lifetime registration as a sex offender.
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