Updated: December 14, 2017

AFTER ENTERING A BEST INTEREST GUILTY PLEA, FORMER GILES COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THOMAS ANDREW CAMPBELL, 72, OF PULASKI, APPEARED IN COURT FOR SENTENCING ON WEDNESDAY AND RECEIVED SUPERVISED PROBATION FOR EACH OF THE CHARGES.  CAMPBELL WILL BE ON SUPERVISED PROBATION FOR 8 YEARS, AS EACH OF THE SENTENCES WILL RUN CONCURRENT.  CAMPBELL WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST 2016 AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY THE TBI, WHICH LED TO INDICTMENTS OF ONE COUNTY OF AGGRAVATED STATUTORY RAPE AND TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR.