Thursday, June 03, 2010
Fayette Jail Employees Sentenced
KENTUCKY...
Two former employees of Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center have been sentenced for their parts in prisoner abuse. The U.S. Justice Department says 47-year-old Scott Tyree, who is a former officer at the jail, was ordered to serve 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell also ordered 35-year-old Anthony Estep, a former sergeant and supervisor, to a year in prison and a year of supervised release. Both men pleaded guilty a year ago, and Tyree testified against two co-defendants who were convicted three weeks ago. Tyree pleaded guilty to conspiring to deprive detainees of their constitutional rights by physically abusing them and by writing false and misleading incident reports to conceal the abuse. Estep pleaded guilty to a civil right charge for failing to intervene and to obstruction of justice. Another defendant was sentenced last fall to a year in prison after pleading guilty.
Two former employees of Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center have been sentenced for their parts in prisoner abuse. The U.S. Justice Department says 47-year-old Scott Tyree, who is a former officer at the jail, was ordered to serve 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell also ordered 35-year-old Anthony Estep, a former sergeant and supervisor, to a year in prison and a year of supervised release. Both men pleaded guilty a year ago, and Tyree testified against two co-defendants who were convicted three weeks ago. Tyree pleaded guilty to conspiring to deprive detainees of their constitutional rights by physically abusing them and by writing false and misleading incident reports to conceal the abuse. Estep pleaded guilty to a civil right charge for failing to intervene and to obstruction of justice. Another defendant was sentenced last fall to a year in prison after pleading guilty.
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