Laurel Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Battery of a Child and Will Serve Twenty Years

Rankin, MS - Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Daniel Artis Jenkins was sentenced to 25 years for Sexual Battery by Circuit Court Judge Steve Ratcliff. 

Jenkins, 59, will serve 20 years of his sentence in prison and then be placed on supervised probation for five years. He must register as a sex offender and will have no contact with his victim. 

On April 27, 2022, the Richland Police Department received a complaint from the Jones County Sheriff’s Department regarding the defendant sexually abusing a victim when she was a child. Jones County Sheriff’s Department arrested the defendant for child exploitation in an unrelated case. After his arrest, the victim came forward to disclose the abuse that occurred when the victim was 12. The abuse occurred between 2003 and 2004 at the defendant’s home in Richland. 

The defendant was interviewed by the Richland Police Department and confessed to some of the abuse. He was charged with statutory rape, sexual battery, and gratification of lust based on the victim’s disclosures. 

Rather than proceed to trial on his charges, Jenkins pled guilty to sexual battery on April 25, 2023. He was sentenced to 25 years for sexual battery involving a minor. He will be required to serve 20 years day for day in prison. He is additionally facing charges in Jones County for the other incident, which was investigated by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department 

District Attorney Bramlett stated, “This is a case where the victim lived with the unreported abuse by Jenkins for almost 20 years. We are thankful for the work of the Jones County Sheriff’s Department and the Richland Police Department in helping get this victim justice and getting this pedophile off the streets. Our office will continue to zealously fight for and protect our children from abuse.” 

DEFENDANT: 

NAME: DANIEL ARTIS JENKINS

DOB: 06/01/1964