A former McCurtain County Jail supervisor is expected in court on Wednesday as part of a larger case involving county leadership.

Christopher Johnson is expected to plead guilty to federal charges related to an attack on Roper Harris, an inmate at the McCurtain County Jail, in 2021. Johnson was a jail supervisor at the time, and court documents say Johnson orchestrated the attack on Harris.

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The case led to multiple McCurtain County leaders being implicated in a leaked audio recording in 2023 that captured violent comments.

Bruce Willingham, publisher of the McCurtain Gazette, was at a scheduled county commissioner's meeting to investigate Harris' assault. Willingham said he also sought to prove commissio

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