JACKSON – A Corinth man was arrested Wednesday and charged with the sexual battery of a vulnerable person.
According to Attorney General Jim Hood, officials with the Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department arrested Danny Ray Triplett, 48. Investigators say Triplett admitted to sexually penetrating the victim while at the Group Home. The victim is an adult male who has been diagnosed with profound mental disabilities.
Triplett was booked into Alcorn County Jail and bond was set at $10,000. If convicted, Triplett faces a maximum of 30 years in jail and $10,000 in fines.