Plea Talks Under Way with 1 in Cochran Photo Case

CANTON, Miss. (AP) – Prosecutors say they are in plea bargain talks with a man allegedly involved in plotting to take unauthorized photos of Sen. Thad Cochran’s bedridden wife during the Republican primary campaign.

Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest tells the Madison County Journal (http://bit.ly/1rZmqPD) the talks could result in Richard Sager, a teacher from Laurel, testifying against the only man indicted in the case, Clayton Kelly.

Guest says Sager’s case has not been presented to a grand jury pending plea negotiations.

Kelly was indicted on charges stemming from the April incident at St. Catherine’s Village, where the senator’s wife, Rose Cochran, has lived for several years with dementia.

Authorities say Kelly photographed Rose Cochran, without permission, and posted her image online as part of a political video criticizing the six-term senator.