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| Former DOC Lt. arrested for Ventress prison inmate's murder |
| By wrbl.com - Joy Patterson |
| Published: 10/19/2011 |
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Attorney General Luther Strange and Department of Corrections Commissioner Kim Thomas announced the arrest today of a former correctional lieutenant who is charged with murder in the beating death of an inmate at Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County on August 4, 2010. Michael Anthony Smith was arrested today by agents of the Attorney General’s Investigations Division and officers of the Auburn Police Department. He was taken to the Lee County Jail. Bond was set at $500,000. Smith, 37, is a resident of Auburn. Attorney General Strange’s Office presented evidence to a Barbour County grand jury on October 17, resulting in an indictment* charging Smith with murder, a class A felony. Specifically, the indictment charges that Smith intentionally caused the death of Rocrast Donnell Mack “by beating him with his hands, fists, feet, and/or baton.” Mack, who was 24, was taken to a hospital in Troy and later transferred to a hospital in Montgomery where he died the following morning. According to a statement issued by the Department of Corrections in January, the DOC Commissioner ordered an immediate internal investigation at the time of the incident and also requested that the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI) investigate the matter. Information released by the Department of Corrections stated that the ABI found possible criminal conduct by correctional officers, and that two were fired and four others resigned under threat of being fired. The names of the officers were not released. According to reports from the Department of Corrections, the Commissioner referred the matter to the Attorney General’s Office, which resulted in an investigation and the prosecution that is announced today. Read More. |
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