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HERNANDO, MS. — A woman indicted by a Mississippi grand jury for sexual battery of a child pleaded guilty on Monday.

Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister and basketball coach at Getwell Church in Hernando, Miss., was indicted on one count of sexual battery of a child in December 2024. She was arrested in November 2024 on a sexual battery charge.

NewsNation local affiliate WREG reported in January that, according to the indictment, the incident happened between May and November of 2024, “at a time when Whiteside was in a position of trust or authority over the child.”

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