A former West Virginia supervisory correctional officer was sentenced for conspiracy and obstruction crimes. According to a ...

Chad Lester, 35, was a Lieutenant in the Southern Regional Jail when inmate Quantez Burks, 37, was beaten to death by officers in an interview room on March 1, 2022. The room reportedly had no cameras ...

A former lieutenant within West Virginia’s regional jail system has been sentenced to prison for his role in the deadly beating of an inmate, federal prosecutor ...

Mark Holdren, Corey Snyder, and Jonathan Walters, all former correctional officers, pleaded guilty in November 2024, to using ...

On January 27, a federal jury convicted defendant Lester on three felony obstruction of justice charges, including conspiracy ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTAP) -Chad Lester, a former Lieutenant at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, was ...

A former West Virginia jail supervisor has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup ...

B ECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A former Southern Regional Jail correctional officer intends to plead guilty, and faces up to 30 years in prison, in connection to the death of Quantez Burks according to ...

A federal judge has sentenced a former West Virginia state corrections officer to 17.5 years in prison for what a Charleston jury found to be his role in the death of a Beckley man incarcerated at a ...

A former corrections officer at the Southern Regional Jail (SRJ) has been sentenced in connection with the death of an inmate ...