Former Carroll Co. deputy gets prison time for using Taser on restrained detainee

CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. — A former lieutenant with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to a federal civil rights violation for using a Taser on a restrained detainee.

Jeanette Barnes

The U.S. Attorney said Jeanette Barnes admitted to using her Taser in late March of last year on a detainee for 12 seconds even though he was secured in a restraint chair and posed no threat.

Barnes was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison with one year of supervised release. She was sentenced in federal court in Jackson.

She is currently free on bond and will self report to begin her sentence.