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suit alleged there was widespread pattern of using excessive against inmates at the Jackson County Detention Center and that guards twice attacked him on July 4, 2015. Four of those guards have been indicted on federal charges alleging they violated civil rights. An FBI investigation of the jail is ongoing. Two weeks ago, about 200 law enforcers raided the jail. The search came as two guards were arrested in a contraband smuggling operation.
Additionally, at least three inmate-on-inmate sexual assaults and one death that raised questions about the sufficiency of medical care have led to subsequent investigations and provoked county officials to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on consultants. A suit alleging that lax security led to an sexual assault resulted in a $275,000 settlement earlier this year. Ramirez alleged in his lawsuit that he was set upon by three guards while he was being held on aBenton County warrant for an alleged probation violation. The suit said the guards slammed him into a cinder block wall, punched him repeatedly and pinned him to the floor with knees to his back and neck as other guards allegedly laughed. The suit said the attack ended when another guard signaled that a supervisor was approaching.
The suit said the beating resumed later that night. Nine hours after the first attack, Ramirez was admitted to a hospital with multiple bruises, the broken wrists and ribs, collapsed lung and three fractured vertebrae. Defendants in lawsuit included the correctional officers accused of administering the beatings, a guard who allegedly stood by and kept watch during the first of the two assaults, as well as the top officials in charge of the Corrections Department. Marshanna Hester, a county spokesman, told The Associated Press the terms of the settlement are confidential and that the county discuss the case. County to pay $440K to settle jail beating lawsuit Many suits filed by former inmates ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIDGETON- Missouri test results reveal that stormwater from just outside a landfill complex contains radioactive contaminants.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources found levels of alpha particles that exceeded the threshold allowed in drinking water outside the West Lake Landfill, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Environmental Protection Agency officials said the data signal a public health risk because stormwater represent a source of drinking water. Alpha particles are aform of radiation that needs to be ingested to pose a significant health threat. is not drinking water and drinking water standards are said Russ Knocke, spokesman for Republic Services, the operator.
see anything of concern in these results, nor did DNR express any concern when it posted EPA officials also said that without further investigation, no established connection between the radioactivity found in the tests and the contents. necessarily fingerprint it to the said Curtis Carey, public affairs director for EPA Region 7. The natural resources department said the alpha readings released last month be attributed to uranium and radium that were tested for, so the department is conducting additional tests for thorium as a potential cause for high particle levels. The landfill was a dumping ground for Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste. The EPA has been overseeing the cleanup of the landfill through its Superfund program, and partly financed through Republic Services.
Because of frequent heavy rains, others have said that the test results point to another avenue for contamination if waste fully removed through the cleanup. always been our opinion that this stuff needs to be said Ed Smith, policy director for Missouri Coalition for the Environment. are plenty of examples in the historical record of how radioactive material moved off-site at the State DNR tests reveal stormwater contamination at landfill ASSOCIATED PRESS UNION, N.J. A restoration project at a New Jersey museum has unearthed cases of wine nearly as old as the United States. The Liberty Hall Museum in Union says it discovered almost three full cases of Madeira wine, a fortified wine, dating to 1796 while restoring its wine cellar.
NJ.com reported that the museum also found 42 demijohns large glass jugs sometimes used for holding spirits dating to the 1820s. The museum said the monetary value of the wine cannot be made public. The original 13 colonies imported about 95percent of the wine produced on the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, according to historical accounts. Bill Schroh, Liberty director of operations, said Madeira was the best wine to ship during the 18th century because it almost never spoils even centuries later if stored properly. Liberty Hall President John Kean said he sampled the wine.
He compared it to a sweet sherry. The museum, originally constructed in 1760, was built as a country home for New York lawyer William Livingston. He served in the First and Second Continental Congresses, become New first elected governor and was asignatory to the Constitution. The Kean family took ownership of the estate in 1811 and has owned it since. NJ ADVANCE MEDIA VIA AP Asix-month restoration of the wine cellar at Liberty Hall Museum in Union, N.J., uncovered three cases of Madeira wine dating to 1796 and about 42 demijohns from the 1820s.
NJ museum finds 3 cases of wine over 200 years old Official compares the ancient Madeira to sweet sherry ASSOCIATED PRESS.
