Mistrial declared in sex crimes trial of Pascagoula man
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) – A jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the sex crimes trial of a Pascagoula man.
The Sun Herald reports the jury informed the court Tuesday it was hopelessly deadlocked. Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson declared a mistrial.
A Jackson County grand jury had indicted David Henry Epps in 2015 on 11 counts of sexual battery and eight counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes. However, he was being tried on four counts of sexual battery and three counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes.
Epps is accused of fondling and having sex with a child under age 14 between August 2011 and April 2012.
The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office plans to retry the case.
