Alabama woman who said she was in online relationship with prosecutor is back in jail

Alabama woman who said she was in online relationship with prosecutor is back in jail

An Alabama woman who claimed she was in an online relationship with the prosecutor who was handling her case is back in jail.

Jamie Connolly, 53, was booked into the Coffee County Jail Saturday after authorities filed a motion seeking sanctions against her, claiming she violated conditions of the Community Corrections program to which she was sentenced instead of prison.

Connolly, Coffee County prosecutors say, was dismissed from the Starting Point Recovery Center for “failing to her medications as directed and snorting them instead.”

Prosecutors are seeking to revoke her sentence.

Initially charged in Houston County with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession/receipt of a controlled substance, the Enterprise woman pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of possession with intent to distribute.

She was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with four to actually serve, but a judge earlier this year instead sentenced her to a drug rehabilitation work release program.

Connolly claimed she was in an “online relationship,” with ex-Houston County Assistant District Attorney Mark David Johnson, whom she alleged friended her on Facebook.

Johnson, 54, was overseeing charges against Connolly in 2019. He has since been fired from the district attorney’s office and is facing multiple ethics charges, including soliciting for sex and pictures.

Johnson is charged with three counts of soliciting anything for the purpose of corruptly influencing official action, and three counts of using his official position or office for personal gain.

Investigators alleged Johnson solicited a “female companion or escort” from a criminal defendant for the purpose of “corruptly influencing official action” in her case.

In two other charges, Johnson is accused of “soliciting picture(s), or female companionship, or sexual contact” from two other women to influence their cases.

In three additional charges, Johnson is accusing of using his position as an assistant district attorney to obtain “a female companion or escort,” “sexual pictures,” and sexual contact or pictures from the women.

Johnson last month entered a plea of not guilty on the charges against him. His trial is set for Oct. 30.