Seven Florida Division of Corrections officers are dealing with fees in reference to an alleged inmate beating and cover-up on the Dade Correctional Establishment in Florida Metropolis, investigators stated. Six of the seven have been arrested, and 4 bonded out of jail by Thursday evening in Miami-Dade County, courtroom information present.
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Miami-Dade County Circuit Choose Lody Jean issued arrest warrants Monday for Lt. Shentrica Clark, Capt. Jochen Anglin, Officer Jordy Calero, Sgt. Travon Norman, Sgt. D’Andre Hill, Sgt. Richard Jackson, and Sgt. Freddie Morgan.
Allegations of abuse
Based on arrest warrants, Clark, 40, a supervisor assigned to the jail’s Transitional Care Unit, ordered officers to escort inmate Christopher Castro to her workplace round 9:30 p.m. on April 5. Two officers, who usually are not dealing with fees, reported that they handcuffed Castro and introduced him from a bathe space to a location outdoors Clark’s workplace — an space with out surveillance cameras — the place they left him with Anglin, 32; Calero, 23; Norman, 29; Morgan, 35; Hill, 24; and Jackson.
The warrants allege Castro resisted earlier than Calero, Norman, Jackson, Hill, and Morgan picked him up, threw him right into a cell, and kicked and punched him repeatedly within the face, head, again, and arms whereas he was nonetheless in handcuffs. “A number of witnesses noticed that the sufferer had vital facial bruising, bleeding, and scratches,” the FDOC detective who investigated wrote.
The subsequent day, a shift supervisor observed Castro’s accidents and bloodstained shirt, ordered pictures, and despatched him to the medical unit. That supervisor concluded Clark’s hand-off report was “egregiously false,” in line with the warrant.
Investigators reported that somebody had tried to scrub blood from the holding cell. The FDOC detective stated Clark had “ordered an inmate to scrub the cell quickly after” the incident. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Workplace crime scene unit later collected DNA samples.
“All of those employees members have been dismissed as rapidly as administratively potential,” an FDOC spokesperson stated Thursday.
Expenses and bonds
Prosecutors filed circumstances Monday in opposition to Clark, Anglin, Calero, Norman, Hill, and Morgan. Clark was arrested Wednesday by the State Legal professional’s Workplace and had her bond set Thursday at $5,500. She faces fees of tampering with bodily proof, a third-degree felony, and failure to report recognized or suspected illegal abuse by a corrections worker, a first-degree misdemeanor.
Anglin, arrested Wednesday by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Workplace, had his bond set at $2,000. He’s charged with perjury not in an official continuing and failure to report recognized or suspected illegal abuse.
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Calero, Norman, Hill, and Morgan every face three fees: perjury not in an official continuing, failure to report recognized or suspected illegal abuse, and use of drive or battery on a detainee. Bonds for Calero, Norman, and Hill have been set at $3,000 every. Morgan, arrested Thursday, had not but acquired a bond.
By Thursday evening, Clark, Anglin, Norman, and Hill had bonded out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle, whereas Calero and Morgan remained in custody. Judges Richard Hersch, Julie Harris Nelson, and Marcus Bach Armas are presiding over the circumstances.
Jackson has not been booked, although an arrest warrant fees him with perjury not in an official continuing, failure to report recognized or suspected illegal abuse, and use of drive or battery on a detainee.
Inmate’s background
Castro, the alleged sufferer, has been in FDOC custody a number of instances since 2012. His convictions in Hillsborough County embrace armed theft in 2011, armed house invasion in 2015, and battery on a regulation enforcement officer in 2019 and 2021.
He’s presently housed at Wakulla Correctional Establishment Annex in Crawfordville, Fla., the place his visitation privileges are suspended. As of Thursday evening, his launch date was listed as June 26, 2032.
