(La Porte County, IN) - Charges are filed in connection with a La Porte County Jail inmate seriously injured in a beating by other offenders.

 

 

 

 

Paul Redden, QMarion Fisher and DeMarcus Williams are accused in the attack a month ago.

 

Authorities say they each struck an inmate who was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital with fractures to his face and eye socket.

 

According to court documents, the inmate was punched and kicked over allegedly taking a tablet from another offender without permission.

 

The suspects all from Michigan City were in the jail at the time for alleged crimes like armed robbery, rape and criminal gang activity.

 

Each of the alleged attackers are charged with Level 5 Felony Battery, which could bring them as much six years of additional time on their sentences, if convicted, of the charges they were originally booked on.