JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Three correctional officers charged in the death of Jefferson City correctional inmate, Othel Moore, will be in a Cole County courtroom Monday at 9 a.m. in front of Judge Green for a plea/trial setting hearing.
Jacob Case and Justin Leggins are charged with third-degree accessory to assault and second-degree murder in a joint indictment in September, along with Bryanne Bradshaw, who is charged with accessory to second-degree assault and second-degree murder.
Othel Moore died in December 2023 in the Jefferson City Correctional Center from suffocation, after choking on contents from his stomach after being put in a restraint, court documents say.
Lawyers for the family had released video in October that showed Moore being carted into a dry cell wearing restraints with a mask and helmet on his head.
The Missouri Justice Coalition has previously said the JCCC Emergency Response Team excessively pepper-sprayed him before his head was covered with a hood, his body was wrapped and he was strapped to a restraint cart.
Moore entered prison in 2005 and was serving a 30-year sentence.
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