Charges Filed Against Five Missouri Officers in Fatal Restraint Incident at Jefferson City Prison
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Five former corrections officers from a maximum-security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri, face serious charges including manslaughter and murder following the December 8 death of 39-year-old inmate Othel Moore Jr. According to newly released indictments, the officers, members of a Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT), allegedly orchestrated a fatal confrontation. The officers have been implicated in what has been described by witnesses as a brutal response during a routine search operation …