MISSISSIPPI
WDAM
BUCKATUNA, MS (WDAM) –
A former Wayne County pastor was sentenced Monday in Washington County Circuit Court in Alabama for several sex crimes.
Indictment tacks seven new sex charges against Wayne County pastor
Tommy Joe Newberry pled guilty to two first degree sodomy charges, a class-a felony, and two second degree sodomy charges, a class-b felony, according to Washington County Investigator Rickey Davidson.
Newberry was the former pastor of Red Creek Church of God in Buckatunna.
Newberry will report to the sheriff’s department June 6 and will then be transported to jail, according to Davidson.
He received 15 years for the class-a felonies, and 10 years for the class-b felonies.
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