HUTCHINSON, Kan. – One of the two men suspected of beating a Reno County Correctional Facility inmate so severely that he was taken to a Wichita hospital has been formally charged.
Antoine Alexander has been charged by the state with a single count of aggravated battery. He appeared in front of Judge Joe McCarville for the reading of the charge and bond was set at $7,500.
He and a co-defendant, William Alexander are accused of beating 30-year-old Darrell Beachy who was taken by air-ambulance to a Wichita hospital for treatment. This occurring on Sept. 26 in one of the pods at the new county facility.
Antoine Alexander was also read the charges in the case which caused him to be in jail, that being a charge of possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
William Alexander is expected before a judge Monday where he will also be read the formal charge of aggravated battery. Both face a possible sentence ranging between three years, two months to over 14-years, depending on their criminal history.
Judge McCarville set both cases against Antoine Alexander as part of a waiver-status docket for Oct. 28.