JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s attorney general is asking for a
Mississippi County sheriff to be removed from office following the death of a
county jail inmate.
Attorney General Josh Hawley on Tuesday announced his office is investigating
the inmate’s death and has requested that a judge remove Sheriff Cory Hutcheson
from office. The inmate died Friday night at the county jail after an
altercation with law enforcement officers. Hawley says Hutcheson participated.
Hutcheson did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for
comment Tuesday.
The FBI and Missouri State Highway Patrol had previously arrested Hutcheson in
April on 18 counts, including an allegation that he handcuffed a 77-year-old
woman with so much force that she suffered a heart attack.
Hutcheson retook control of the department once he got out of jail.
Mississippi County sheriff to be removed from office following the death of a
county jail inmate.
Attorney General Josh Hawley on Tuesday announced his office is investigating
the inmate’s death and has requested that a judge remove Sheriff Cory Hutcheson
from office. The inmate died Friday night at the county jail after an
altercation with law enforcement officers. Hawley says Hutcheson participated.
Hutcheson did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for
comment Tuesday.
The FBI and Missouri State Highway Patrol had previously arrested Hutcheson in
April on 18 counts, including an allegation that he handcuffed a 77-year-old
woman with so much force that she suffered a heart attack.
Hutcheson retook control of the department once he got out of jail.
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