Ex-jailer sentenced in inmate's death

[Judi Lynn]

Aug. 11, 2006, 11:26PM
Ex-jailer sentenced in inmate's death

© 2006 The Associated Press

LEXINGTON, N.C. — A former jailer was sentenced Friday to more than a year behind bars after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an inmate.

Ronald Parker, 44, was sentenced to 13 to 16 months for his role in the Jan. 7 death of Carlos Claros Castro. Jurors returned their verdict after nearly five hours of deliberations.

Parker broke down when Judge Ed Wilson asked him if had anything to say. He said he was "sorry for the loss of Mr. Castro."

Claros, 28, was in jail on allegations of driving while impaired when Parker and another jailer, Brandon Huie, were called to his cell because Claros refused to give up a mop handle that he was using as a weapon. Claros died after a fight with the jailers.

An autopsy that concluded the death was a homicide cited bruises, bleeding in the brain and neck, wounds from a Taser gun and evidence of asphyxiation.
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Friday, August 11, 2006
Huie called to testify but declines, citing Fifth rights
Justice Department, which got FBI report, is considering bringing civil-rights charges

By Titan Barksdale
JOURNAL REPORTER

The two former detention officers accused of beating an inmate to death in the Davidson County Jail were both on the witness stand yesterday.

But only one would offer any testimony.

Ronald Eugene Parker, 44, is on trial this week on a charge of a second-degree murder in the death of Carlos Claros Castro, 28, a Honduran immigrant who had been arrested on allegations of driving while impaired.
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Carlos Claros Castro

[Mikimouse]

1. OMG! The poor guy, after all was only doing his job!

"A former jailer was sentenced Friday to more than a year behind bars". This is the kind of fine upstanding guy that carries his penis in his holster. ONE YEAR!!!!! Wonder what the penalty would have been if the roles were reversed?

Yes, the subject line was sarcasm

[MysteryToMyself]

2. A broomstick???

Those are usually used for sexual attacks on men. There needs to be a deeper investigation. How could someone in a cell get a broomstick?

[Judi Lynn]

3. It does sound bogus, doesn't it? Sounds like a last ditch effort to invent

a cover story for attacking the guy. I'll bet they knew the real one wouldn't fly.