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| Prisoners charged in jailhouse abuse |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/14/2005 |
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Police have charged seven current and former Somerset County Jail inmates -- and say more arrests are likely -- after an investigation found gangs of prisoners routinely beat, terrorized and hazed other prisoners. "When we talked to inmates and staff, the description we kept hearing was that the inmates are running the jail," said Somerset Borough police Chief Randy Cox. Charges filed Friday paint a picture of inmates being severely beaten with rubber shower shoes, and of ambushes in dark cells and other assaults. The investigation began when inmate Darren McChesney suffered a broken nose, jaw and other facial fractures, allegedly at the hands of three of the inmates arrested Friday: Shawn Hadix, 27, of Friedens; Elvis Germone Brown, 22, and Ralph Carter Jr., 23, both of Somerset. Brown and Carter were already in another jail in neighboring Cambria County. Hadix and two other inmates charged, Randy Shipley Jr., 19, of Johnstown, and Jared Richard Levadnik, 21, of Richland, were taken from the Somerset jail in shackles to be arraigned, and were to be held in another jail also. The names of two other inmates charged weren't released. |
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