Oklahoma sheriff, 3 others charged in death of inmate

 

February 16, 2018



ENID, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma sheriff and three others face manslaughter charges in the 2016 death of an inmate who authorities say spent more than two days in a restraint chair without food or water.

Garfield County Sheriff Jerry Niles; his daughter-in-law, then-jail administrator Jennifer Shay Niles; and jailers John Robert Markus and Shawn Caleb Galusha were charged Wednesday with first-degree manslaughter, the Enid News and Eagle reported.

They're accused in the death of Anthony Dewayne Huff, who was arrested June 4, 2016, on a public intoxication complaint. They originally faced a lesser...



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