A Canton man will spend four decades locked up for having sexual relations with underage females.
Madison County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Bruce Jermal Thompson, 27, will serve his time in prison without the possibility of early release or parole.
In February 2019, the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson reported to Canton police that they had a 15-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 are reported to be 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 20 on each case with that time to run concurrently. Upon release, he will be required to register and report as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
