Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Ex-Angola Guard Pleads Guilty to Filing False Records

A former Louisiana State Penitentiary security officer accused of trying to cover up the cause of an inmate’s death pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Monday.

Calvin R. Sheppard, 31, 4606 Fausse Drive, Baker, was scheduled to go on trial in 20th Judicial Court this week on a malfeasance in office charge, but he reached a plea bargain with prosecutors that gave him a suspended three-year prison sentence for filing a false public record.

Inmate Jonathan Stevenson, 34, was found dead in his cell at the Angola prison’s disciplinary housing unit, Camp J, on Jan. 8, 2007. The prison hospital staff initially thought Stevenson had died of natural causes.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/suburban/13786827.html

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