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\"\"A federal jury found a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) sergeant of assaulting three incarcerated persons with a riot-baton and then writing a false report to cover up the beating, officials stated.<\/span><\/div>\n
In April 2022, a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned a four-count indictment against Lorenzo Mills, 55, that included three civil rights charges and a charge for writing a false report. <\/span><\/div>\n
Evidence presented at trial proved that on Oct. 25, 2020, Mills, while acting in his official capacity as a correctional sergeant with ADOC, subjected three incarcerated persons to cruel and unusual punishment by striking them with a wooden riot baton.<\/span><\/div>\n
According to trial evidence and testimony, one victim suffered a broken arm, and two others suffered injury, including pain and bruising, due to the beating.<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"After the unlawful use of force, the defendant authored a use of force report wherein he denied using any force against the victims.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cCorrectional officers have an important and difficult job,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart for the Middle District of Alabama. \u201cThese officers are tasked with maintaining good order and safety in our prisons while protecting the constitutional rights of the inmates they supervise. Although most correctional officers serve honorably, my office will work tirelessly to ensure rogue officers are held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cAn individual’s rights do not end after being convicted of a crime,\u201d said FBI Special Agent in Charge Paul W. Brown of the Mobile Field Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Mills faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the civil rights charges and 20 years in prison for the obstruction of justice offense.<\/span><\/div>\n
The FBI Mobile Field Office and ADOC\u2019s Law Enforcement Services Division investigated the case.<\/span><\/div>\n
Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Counts for the Middle District of Alabama and Trial Attorney David Reese of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Criminal Section prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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