Canton Man Pleads Guilty to Having Sex with Underage Girls

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, announced today that Bruce Jermal Thompson, 27 of Canton, was sentenced to serve twenty years in the custody of Mississippi Department of Corrections without the possibility of early release or parole. 

In February of 2019, UMC reported to Canton Police Department that they had a fifteen year old female miscarry a child while at the hospital. CPD began an investigation to determine who the father of the child was due to the mother still being under the age of consent. Their investigation and DNA testing confirmed that Thompson was the father. He was 22 years old at the time the baby was conceived, and the victim would have been fourteen. 

Prior to the indictment being served on the Defendant, officers received a complaint from another juvenile’s mother that Thompson had been having sex with her child since the child was 12 years old. Thompson and the juvenile were cousins. Officers searched Facebook and text messages which revealed explicit text messages between Thompson and the underage female indicating that he had been engaging in sexual acts with the child since 2021. 

Neither victim wished to testify against Thompson, who pleaded guilty in each case. He was sentenced to serve twenty years on each case with that time to run concurrently. All time will be served day for day with no chance for early release or parole. Upon release, he will be required to register and report as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Defendant: 

Name: Bruce Jermal Thompson 

Date of Birth: 08/17/1996 

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