FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 20, 2007

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the sentencing, in Calhoun County Circuit Court, of Thomas Grayson Sherrod, to 30 years in prison for a charge of Lewd or Lascivious Molestation.

Sherrod, WM, DOB: 1-27-65, NW Red Oak Lane, Altha, was convicted, at trial, on August 24, 2007. The crime occurred between 2000 and 2002 and involved young, female relatives.

Florida law requires that an inmate serve at least 85 per cent of his sentence.