Charges Against Jailers Dropped
Posted/updated on: August 9, 2012 at 11:14 am
NACOGDOCHES — Charges against two Nacogdoches Jailers have been dropped after a visiting judge signed an order to quash the indictment against them. According to KETK, Elizabeth Ann Owens, 40, Nacogdoches, and Danny Ray Russell, 35, Douglass, were charged with criminally negligent homicide, a state jail felony, after an inmate, Edwinta Deckard, 53, died December 5. Nacogdoches County District Attorney Nicole LoStracco the defense attorney requested a motion to quash the case, and the state agreed. LoStracco explains a quash is similar to a motion to dismiss. Basically, it means there was not enough evidence to charge the defendants with a crime. However, the accused can be re-indicted if more evidence is brought forward. Judge Guy Griffin signed the order.
