Steven Nicholas Wimmer, a former corrections officer at Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, acquired a sentence of 9 years in jail adopted by three years of probation for his position within the 2022 demise of an inmate. Wimmer and fellow officer Andrew Fleshman pleaded responsible in November 2023, admitting they conspired with others to make use of extreme drive towards an inmate—recognized in court docket paperwork solely as Q.B.—after he tried to push previous one other officer. They restrained, handcuffed, and escorted Q.B. to an interview room, the place they and different officers struck and injured him, inflicting his demise. Three different officers, Mark Holdren, Corey Snyder, and Johnathan Walters, pleaded responsible in November 2024 for utilizing unreasonable drive, whereas two others admitted to failing to intervene.
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