MISSOURI
Randy Hays, 32, a former police officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) plead guilty Friday in federal court in Missouri to one count of using unreasonable and excessive force against a fellow St. Louis police officer, according to authorities.
Hays worked as a St. Louis police officer in downtown St. Louis during protests following the 2017 acquittal of a former St. Louis officer on a state murder charge, officials stated.
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Hays’ co-defendant Bailey Colletta pled guilty to committing perjury related to this assault on Sept. 6, 2019.
Co-defendants and former SLMPD officers Dustin Boone and Christopher Myers remain under indictment on federal charges related to the assault and subsequent cover-up. They have pleaded not guilty, according to officials.
According to the plea agreement, Hays is facing up to 10 years in prison. Hays must forfeit his law enforcement certification. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
The trial of Boone and Myers is set for Dec. 2, according to officials.
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This case is being investigated by the St. Louis Division of the FBI and is being prosecuted by First Assistant United States Attorney Carrie Costantin of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Special Litigation Counsel Fara Gold and Trial Attorney Janea Lamar of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Criminal Section.