A former DeSoto County youth minister has fessed up to committing sex crimes against a minor.

Former Getwell Church minister and DeSoto Central High School assistant basketball coach Lindsey Whiteside pleaded guilty to sexual battery of a child Monday, a charge she had been indicted on by a grand jury last year. Whiteside is accused of having a sexual relationship with a female teenager between the ages of 14 and 15 from May to November of 2024, where she engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behavior with the minor, including exchanging more than 60,000 messages in that timespan.

The defendant was sentenced to 10 years under court supervision and is prohibited from making contact with the victim or her family. Whiteside will spend the first three years of her sentence on house arrest. I

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