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Correctional officers plead guilty to civil rights violations for assaulting federal inmates
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD, Ky. — Two of three federal correctional officers accused of assaulting inmates and covering it up have pleaded guilty. Clinton L. Pauley, 40, of Ironton, Ohio, pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting three federal inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary
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W.Va. deputy sheriff charged with violating suspect’s civil rights
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A federal court unsealed a two-count indictment Thursday against a deputy sheriff in Monongalia County, W.Va., for using excessive force and writing a false report to cover it up. According to the indictment, Lance Kuretza, 38, punched and elbowed a suspect in the face and, after the man was handcuffed, sprayed him
