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Cumberland County confidentially paid out $215,000 to settle arrestee’s claim that jail guards beat him, stomped on his face.

According to the man’s lawyer, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s office found that there was probable cause to charge one of the guards, a lieutenant, with aggravated assault and other charges, but no such charges have been brought to date. Also, the Prosecutor has denied my request for the video that captured the alleged beating. In […]