{"id":57317,"date":"2023-02-22T16:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=57317"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:40:42","slug":"2-lee-county-corrections-officers-were-fired-and-arrested-for-battery-against-inmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/02\/2-lee-county-corrections-officers-were-fired-and-arrested-for-battery-against-inmates\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Lee County corrections officers were fired and arrested for battery against inmates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno says two corrections officers have been fired and are facing battery charges for actions against inmates.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-12.png 562w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-12-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Casey Howell, right. Enzo Finamore, left. (Credit: Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sheriff Marceno said Casey Howell faces charges of felony official misconduct, felony battery, and misdemeanor battery. Enzo Finamore faces charges of felony official misconduct, and misdemeanor battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Marceno, during routine checks, injuries were seen on an inmate that appeared to be burned. The deputy who discovered the injuries then informed a supervisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An investigation determined the inmate had first- and second-degree burns that resulted from Howell and Finamore throwing scalding hot water at the inmate to gain compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1677101878\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/6142119\/events\/8091964\/videos\/235146291\/player?width=640&#038;height=360&#038;autoPlay=true&#038;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Marceno said an additional inmate was discovered to have similar injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office says Howell is being held on a $16,500 bond, and Finamore is being held on a $6,500 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno says two corrections officers have been fired and are facing battery charges for actions against inmates. Sheriff Marceno said Casey Howell faces charges of felony&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":57318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[2179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57319,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57317\/revisions\/57319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}