In another case, an Attorney General’s investigation resulted in a Laurel woman’s guilty plea for abuse of a vulnerable adult.

Anita Stamps, 43, of 11 Chickasaw Street in Laurel, entered a plea of guilty to one count of misdemeanor abuse of a vulnerable adult in Jones County Justice Court on April 21.

Hood said “Stamps was alleged to have straddled and twisted the arm of a vulnerable adult while employed as a direct care worker at Ellisville State School.”

The judge ordered Stamps to pay a $500 fine and received a six-months sentence, which was suspended.

Officials said the sentencing in the cases are important.

“The sentencing (in the Pittman and Stamps cases) also prevent these defendants from being able to work at any facility which accepts Medicaid for at least five years,” said Hood.