A Florida man jailed for stealing four $15 phone chargers has died in hospital after he was reportedly beaten by a correctional officer.
Christopher Howell, 51, was pronounced dead on Friday - one day after the 'brutal beating' purportedly occurred inside the Lake Correctional Institution, 25 miles west of Orlando.
Howell was less than halfway into a four-year prison sentence after he was arrested for theft and aggravated assault over a 2018 incident in West Palm Beach.
The Florida Department of Corrections confirmed Howell's death, but said it cannot release the names of officers involved in ongoing investigations.
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11 comments:
A proper investigation is being conducted and not using mob rules mentality and a Democrat demands firing Instead
The thief should have thought about the consequences before he committed his crimes.
I don't think we got the whole story - doesn't justify his death. My point is the amount of jail time for stealing phone chargers yet people are burning down buildings, destroying cities, etc and no action is being done.
What judge gives a disabled individual 4 years for stealing 4 phone chargers 1- year for each charger. I believe many of America's problems start with our judges. The public needs to know more about what happened in the case.
4:10
Who are you?
The guard at the gates of Hell?
The public will never know about what happen in the case. The case doesn’t matter, appeared to be white skinned.
545 I know a judge who gave a man 1 year for every dollar he had stolen in a case. $10 got him 10 year. Great judge!
4:10 is correct 6:55. The question is, who are you, some bleeding heart liberal asswipe?
The dead man may have been a career criminal, thus the 4 year sentence for such a petty crime. Keeping him out of society for the betterment of all.
We weren't there, so we don't know anything, not the circumstances leading up to the event, the exact manner of the violence, the exact cause of death. Chill.
You guys are gonna’ love communism.
Wow. I didn’t know Delmarva was such a bad ass place.
Steal a sandwich?
We kill you
Drive 60 in a 55 mph zone?
we cut your right foot off
Crazy place over there.
Sharia Law has nothing on you red necks.
Northwest Woodsman: The man received jail time for armed robbery. The fact that it was only $15.00 phon chargers is totally irrelevant. This was most likely a career criminal on parole or probation for previous crimes. Those issues notwithstanding, he should not have been “tuned up” to a point that caused his death unless he was a danger to officers and other inmates. Confinement facilities usually have excellent video coverage so the incident should be well documented as to the officers justification.
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