Press Release
The Office of State Attorney Glenn Hess announces that a Washington County jury deliberated just twenty minutes before returning a verdict of guilty as charged against Jennifer Land, age 37, of Cottondale for Dealing in Stolen Property. During the trial, Assistant State Attorney Shalla Jefcoat called four witnesses to prove that Land attempted to sell an aluminum dog box that had been stolen from her former employer six months earlier. Land’s boyfriend is facing charges of Burglary and Grand Theft involving the same victim. The case was investigated by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. After the jury’s guilty verdict, Judge Allen Register ordered that Land be taken into custody and scheduled her sentencing hearing for October 10, 2016.
Please contact Chief Assistant State Attorney Larry Basford at 850-819-6985 with any questions.