Former Pike County deputy sentenced for pepper-spraying victim in 2019
A former sheriff is expected to be sentenced in federal court on Wednesday. Former Ohio sheriff's deputy, Jeremy Mooney, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal court for civil rights violations. He was convicted in August on two counts of violating a victim's constitutional rights by pepper-spraying and punching an inmate, Thomas Friend, in the head while he was restrained. The video shows Mooney pepper-Spraying Friend and punching him 11 times while he is restrained in a restraint chair. Another former deputy, William Stansberry, was indicted for failing to intervene with the unlawful use of force by Mooney and pleaded guilty in July to the charges.
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A former Ohio deputy was sentenced to 100 months in federal court on Wednesday.
Jeremy Mooney will spend more than eight years in prison for committing civil rights violations while employed as a sheriff's deputy in Pike County, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
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Mooney was convicted in August on two counts of violating a victim's constitutional rights by pepper-spraying and punching an inmate, Thomas Friend, in the head, while Friend was restrained, the DOJ said.
“This defendant is being sentenced for the violent assault of an inmate who was confined to a restraint chair and unable to protect himself or escape from the abuse,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “All people in our country have a right to be free from excessive force by law enforcement officers."
Video captured Mooney pepper-spraying and punching Friend while he was in a restraint chair in 2019.
Mooney transported Friend from jail to the Pike County Sherriff's Office before placing him in the restraint chair. The former deputy then secured Friend's hands behind his back in the chair before punching him 11 times in the head, according to court documents.
Mooney used force against the prisoner for more than an hour and pepper-sprayed him directly in the face, the DOJ said.
Another former deputy, William Stansberry, also was indicted after being accused of failing to intervene with the unlawful use of force by Mooney. He pleaded guilty in July as part of a plea deal. Stansberry was sentenced to six months in prison and three years supervised release this month.