MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The DeSoto County District Attorney has filed a motion to resentence a former youth minister convicted of sexual battery of a minor on Monday.

Thursday, District Attorney Matthew Barton filed the motion requesting the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Miss. amend the sentence given to Lindsey Whiteside, who pleaded guilty to the sexual battery charge.

Whiteside, a former youth minister at Getwell Church in Hernando, Miss., and a former basketball coach at DeSoto Central High School in Southaven, 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.

Retired Circuit Judge Andrew Howorth sentenced her to 10 years under court supervision with no contact with the victim or her family. Duri

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