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Posted: 11:08 AM Nov 4, 2009
Prison guard indicted in Fla. inmate's death
A second federal corrections officer in central Florida has been accused of helping arrange the beating death of an inmate. Michael Kennedy was indicted on conspiracy charges and posted $50,000 bond Monday. Reporter: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) |
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A second federal corrections officer in central Florida has been accused of helping arrange the beating death of an inmate. Michael Kennedy was indicted on conspiracy charges and posted $50,000 bond Monday.
Prosecutors say Kennedy and Erin Sharma in 2008 moved Richard Delano into a cell with an inmate nicknamed "Animal," who beat up every one of his previous cellmates. It was alleged retaliation for Delano's assault against Sharma a week earlier at the Sumter County facility.
Days after the change, Delano was beaten into a coma and died. Sharma was sentenced last week to life in prison on the same conspiracy charge the Inverness man now faces.
A woman who answered the phone at Kennedy's home said he had no comment.
