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| Final sentencing of 6 inmates in other inmate's death |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/23/2004 |
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The last two of six Bay County (Fla.) Jail inmates charged in the beating death of a fellow inmate pleaded guilty and were sentenced Monday. Investigators said Chad Littles, 18, was beaten to death in October 2002 because others thought he was an informant for the officers, The News Herald reported. James DeRossetti, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; Larry K. Burks, 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and was given seven years in prison. "I'd just like to say I feel real bad for what happened," said DeRossetti. "I hate that it happened. I just wish this court and the people of Bay County could know what really happened, but it won't never come out." Originally, the six defendants were charged with second-degree murder. The others were sentenced earlier. Jeremiah Samuel Hinsey, 22, pleaded no contest to manslaughter in July and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Carlos King, 32, pleaded no contest to aggravated assault June 8 and was given five years in prison. Malachi Najair, 26, was sentenced Aug. 22 to 12 years in prison after entering a plea to felony battery and violation of probation. Ronald Lawson, 26, was sentenced in October to five years in prison for felony battery. Littles' mother has sued Corrections Corporation of America Inc., which operates the jail, claiming it did not protect her son. That lawsuit hasn't been resolved. |
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