HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits filed against FBI and IRS leaders in Mississippi by two people convicted in a corruption case.
Former Forrest County chief sheriff’s deputy Charles Bolton and his wife, Linda Bolton, were convicted in September 2016 in federal court on five counts of filing false tax returns. Charles Bolton was also convicted of four counts of tax evasion. They were sentenced in March 2017.
The Hattiesburg American reports that U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on Tuesday dismissed lawsuits that the couple filed this year against FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze and former IRS Special Agent in Charge Jerome McDuffie.
The lawsuits claimed that the agents made slanderous statements about the Boltons in April 2017 while appearing on a WDAM-TV news program.
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