{"id":55878,"date":"2024-03-27T21:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T04:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55878"},"modified":"2024-03-27T21:35:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T04:35:03","slug":"ex-ohio-deputy-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-for-beating-inmate-confined-to-restraint-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55878","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Ohio Deputy Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Beating Inmate Confined to  Restraint Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>A former Pike County, Ohio, Sheriff&#8217;s Office deputy was sentenced Wednesday to eight years and four months in prison and three years of supervised release for federal civil rights violations involving excessive force, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In August 2023, a federal jury convicted 49-year-old Jeremy C. Mooney of violating a detainee&#8217;s constitutional rights. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mooney, a former Pike County Sheriff&#8217;s deputy, was found guilty of pepper-spraying and punching the restrained victim, who posed no threat. The jury determined Mooney&#8217;s actions constituted excessive force and resulted in injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former Pike County deputies indicted over excessive force incident\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yH2viNBCjiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThis defendant is being sentenced for the violent assault of an inmate who was confined to a restraint chair and unable to protect himself or escape from the abuse,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;There&#039;s nothing that justifies that&#039;: Video shows Pike Co. inmate assaulted by deputy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skJJbsNkCA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cAs a law enforcement officer, Mooney had a duty to protect the civil rights of everyone in his community,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Elena Iatarola of the FBI Cincinnati Field Office. \u201cBy abusing a person in his custody, he violated his oath and federal law. The FBI will continue to hold accountable rogue officers who commit civil rights violations and use excessive force against those they are sworn to protect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55880 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PikeCountyStar-300x287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PikeCountyStar-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PikeCountyStar-1024x978.png 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PikeCountyStar-768x734.png 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PikeCountyStar-850x812.png 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PikeCountyStar.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to court documents and trial testimony, on Nov. 18, 2019, Mooney transported the victim from the jail to the Pike County Sheriff\u2019s Office headquarters, where he placed the victim in a restraint chair. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The restraint chair secured the victim\u2019s hands behind his back and prevented him from being able to move most of his body. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For more than an hour, Mooney unlawfully used force against the victim on several occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mooney dragged the victim \u2014 who was in the restraint chair \u2014 outside, and pepper sprayed him directly in the face. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The victim writhed in pain and tipped the chair back off the curb, landing on his back. Mooney then stood over the victim and deployed the pepper spray directly into the victim\u2019s face a second time. Mooney brought the victim back inside the building and walked away. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Over several minutes, Mooney returned to that part of the building, where the victim was still handcuffed and secured in the restraint chair, and punched the victim in the head 11 times. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mooney punched the victim with enough force to break his hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A former Pike County Sheriff\u2019s Office supervisor, William Stansberry Jr., 47, of Chillicothe, Ohio, was also charged. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Stansberry violated the victim\u2019s constitutional rights by willfully failing to intervene to prevent Mooney\u2019s conduct. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He pleaded guilty in July 2023 to deprivation of civil rights under color of law and was sentenced on March 5 to six months in prison. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The FBI Cincinnati Field Office investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter K. 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