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From Convict to Cop! Jelly Roll ‘Never’ Thought He Would ‘Become a Deputy’ After Prior Arrests


After Jelly Roll was sworn in as a deputy sheriff, a source exclusively tells Life & Style, 'Never in his life did he think he would become a deputy!'

The recovering drug addict — who was arrested nearly 40 times during a misspent youth that put him behind bars on and off for about a decade — was sworn in at the Genesee County Jail after bankrolling a new recording studio at the facility to help rehabilitate inmates. And when Sheriff Christopher Swanson pinned a bona fide badge on the 39-year-old “Save Me” singer, the lawman proclaimed, “Now that’s second chances!” The insider says Jelly Roll was humbled by the honor — as he’s still recognized as a felon in his home state of Tennessee for a teenage robbery conviction.

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