CINCINNATI—A federal grand jury in Cincinnati has charged Jeremy S. Hanshaw, 36, of Coal Grove, 
Ronald S. Hatfield, 25, of Waterloo, and Jason D. Mays, 22, of South Point, with slamming, kicking and punching a handcuffed inmate.
The FBI arrested the defendants on Thursday.
The indictment alleges that on or about August 16 to August 17, 2014, while working as deputies at the Lawrence County Jail, Hanshaw and Hatfield also restrained the inmate with a chokehold while lying on top of him.
The indictment further alleges that Hanshaw choked the victim and delivered an elbow strike to the victim’s head while the victim was restrained on a medical gurney.
Then-deputy Mays allegedly struck the victim in the neck with a closed fist and attempted to block a surveillance camera while his fellow officers had the victim on the ground, the indictment stated.
In addition, one or more of the defendants allegedly wrote false entries on logs and reports in which they created a false justification for the assault on the victim.
Conspiracy to deprive an individual of civil rights and deprivation of civil rights are crimes punishable by up to 10 years in prison, according to federal prosecutors.