According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice, former Lieutenant at the Southern Regional Jail in the Beaver area of Raleigh County, 35-year-old Chad Lester, of Odd, was ...

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Former Lt. Chad Lester was convicted in January of three felony obstruction of justice charges related to the March 2022 attack on Southern Regional Jail inmate Quantez Burks. Advertisement ...

FILE - The Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, W.Va., is seen in this undated photo. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald via AP, File) ...

BEAVER, W.Va. (WVVA) - Chad Lester, a former Lieutenant at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, was sentenced today for his role in covering up an assault by correctional officers ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former supervisor at the Southern Regional Jail has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for covering up the 2022 beating death of jail inmate Quantez Burks.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — 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 prosecutors said.