3 Jail Guards Plead Not Guilty in Slaying
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Three Kern County detention officers accused of beating an inmate to death pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges.
Daniel Thomas Lindini, 48, Ralph Contreras, 32, and Roxanne Fowler, 41, were charged with second-degree murder and assault by a peace officer in the Aug. 15 death of James Moore, 30. Two other deputies, Angel Lopez Bravo, 34, and Lisa Diane Romero, 20, also pleaded not guilty Thursday to assault in connection to the killing.
Moore was beaten inside a jail parking garage after he was arrested on suspicion of threatening the mother of his child, said Dist. Atty. Ed Jagels. He died of head injuries.
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