A Tennessee criminal court judge found herself behind bars after her bond was revoked for testing positive for cocaine while awaiting trial on charges of coercion of a witness and harassment. Judge Melissa Boyd, who was elected in 2022, was booked into a Memphis jail following the bond revocation during a hearing in Memphis.
Boyd stands accused of coercing her former campaign manager, Lashanta Rudd, to provide false testimony or withhold truthful testimony in an official proceeding. The indictment does not specify the nature of the official proceeding. Additionally, Boyd's communications with Rudd were deemed as attempts to annoy, alarm, or frighten her. Boyd has maintained her innocence and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
