Justice Department Indicts Former Crittenden County Jailer
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Crittenden County`s former chief jailer is
under a federal indictment that alleges he kicked an inmate in the
head and intimidated two grand jury witnesses.
Robert Bretherick of West Memphis was arrested today and pleaded
innocent in federal court. He is charged with violating the civil
rights of an inmate and tampering with a witness.
The indictment says that in September 2001, Bretherick, then the
jail administrator for Crittenden County, kicked inmate Stanley
Beavers Junior in the head, injuring the inmate and violating his
right to avoid cruel and unusual punishment.
The indictment also said that he threatened to "take care" of
anyone who testified against him before a grand jury and
intimidated a woman in an effort to influence or delay her
testimony.
About the same date, the indictment says, Bretherick also
threatened to shoot anyone who testified against him and tried to
influence another witness` potential testimony.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
