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| Prison officers face more battery charges |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/18/2004 |
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Two Indiana prison officers who were charged with beating a handcuffed prisoner have now been charged with attacking a second inmate. Wabash Valley Correctional Facility officers Johnnie Murphy, 42, of Sullivan, and Thomas Troy Matney, 33, of Jasonville, were charged in October with misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury for a June 24 attack against Jermarcus Grandberry, authorities said. Now they and another officer face charges in a May 13 attack on inmate Jonathan Oliver. Prosecutor Robert Springer filed battery charges resulting in bodily injury on Nov. 9 against Matney, Murphy and Sgt. Mark Mayfield, 41, of Terre Haute. Court documents said the three struck Oliver repeatedly without provocation. Matney, Murphy, Mayfield and seven other officers were suspended after the first arrest, said Rich Larsen, prison public information officer. Matney was arrested during a Tuesday court hearing and has since bonded out of the Sullivan County Jail. Warrants were issued for the arrests of Murphy and Mayfield. The three officers charged did not have listed phone numbers in their hometowns. |
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