Speaker 1: H a wall Street line, shackle change, Oh someome gird,
it's calling my name. There is no mercy and it's
been a tentery juice. As the huge stream game Rainbow three,
I'm here be.
Speaker 2: By Meda dies.
Speaker 1: Inside these walls, inside the wild.
Speaker 3: And went no girls. I Hey everyone, and welcome back
to Bloody Angla, a podcast one hundred and forty two
years in the making, the complete story of America's bloodiest
present from Jim Chapman. And today I'm continuing with the
second part in the Crimes of Matthew McLaughlin. The last
time that I left you, McLaughlin had been found guilty
in the murder of his wife, Mary Anne McLaughlin and
was sentenced to life inside of Bloody Angola. So if
you haven't heard that episode, quickly go back listen to
that and then come back to this one. If you're
all caught up, we'll get into it. And this was
in late March of two thousand and one when McLaughlin
was sentenced. Now, it didn't take long before McLaughlin started
acting up in prison, not long at all. On Wednesday,
March sixth of two thousand and two, just a year
into his sentence. The following news blurb comes out in
the Daily Word Appolusis newspaper. You're not gonna believe this.
The headline read's convicted murderers stopped in Angola escape attempt.
A man convicted of killing his estranged wife in nineteen
ninety eight made an unsuccessful escape attempt at Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Guards discovered Roy Matthew McLaughlin, forty four, missing from a
dormitory during an inmate count on Sunday night. Officers later
saw him trying to get to an exercise yards interfence.
This from West Felician a pair of sheriff Sergeant Spence
deal Worth quote, you got me, Security officers quoted McLaughlin
as saying, According to Dealworth, the officer seized a bag
made from the legs of blue jeans and stuffed with
candy bars, maps, and other survival gear. McLaughlin was convicted
last year the second degree murder in the death of
Maureen McLaughlin. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole,
and he will be booked later with attempted simple escape. Apparently,
McLaughlin was not enjoying his time inside bloody Angola and
behind that wire and attempted to get out. So that
was a shot, right, he gets caught, and surely so
many eyes are on this convicted murderer at this point
that he can't take a piss without someone knowing. Well,
something just quite honestly shocking to me occurred when on
April six of two thousand and five came out in
the Alexandria's Town Talk newspaper. In its headline reads guard
accused of trying to help to escape Angola Investigators who
were trying to find out what motivated a young guard
at Angola to allegedly unlock sell and hallway doors for
two convicted murderers who were trying to escape. Quote, he
said he was being intimidated by the inmates, and we
don't necessarily believe that, so we're continuing to investigate his motives.
That from the West Feliciana pair Sheriff's Captain Spencer Dilworth
Sergeant Franklin Shaeffer, twenty five was released on bond a
day after he was booked for assisting the escape. Assistant
Warden Kathy Fonteau said Schaeffer had been a guard at
the Risen for a little more than a year, and
authority said he had no criminal background. Schaeffer allegedly helped
inmates Roy McLaughlin forty seven at this point y'all and
David Whammick twenty eight, get as far as the outside
yard at Angola's camp see to gain freedom. The two
inmates still had to scale a perimeter fence, but a
tower guard froze them with gunshots that were meant to
wound but narrowly missed. Quote. It was very close, font
No said. The failed escape attempt happened before daylight on Monday,
but Sergeant Leslie Powell, who had been on the tower
for nearly twelve hours, spotted them and responded quickly. Font
No said she did extremely well. It's not a regular
occurrence when you fall back instinctively on training. It's great,
and to preserve life is good too, she said. After
the inmates were captured, prison officials immediately suspect a guard
had helped them. The inmates can't get out unless someone
opens the door. They don't have a key, and they
also got out of a hall door, Fonte said. She
went on to say the only person who has the
key is the officer for the hall who at the
time was Shaeffer, and y'all they refer to those as
key in. Shaeffer admitted later Monday that he had opened
the doors for the two inmates, but at first would
not say why. It was the second escape attempt for McLaughlin,
who lived in Baton Rouge. In two thousand and two,
guards conducted a head count of inmates filing indoors and
noticed McLaughlin was missing. They quickly found him trying to
get to an exercise. Jordan, of course, I just told
you that story, so there you haven't a second escape
just a few years later. And unbelievable that a guard
would help them escape, but y'all, that happens more often
than you may think. There's a lot of good guards
out there, but you know, there's good and bad in
every profession, and this guy was definitely the bad. Now
trying to find out what happened to that guard, but
I just couldn't get any information. Betrayal on that case
just kind of ends after his arrest. I'm sure he
got into some trouble, but I can't find on the
research that I've done, exactly what happened to him. So
surely after getting caught a second time attempting to escape,
ol Roy learned his lesson right. Nope, not Roy, let's
go to January twenty seventh of twenty ten in the
Bogalusa Daily News, who reported this inmate caught trying to
escape from me in Gola last weekend, convicted murderer was
trying to escape a third time. A convicted murderer from
Baton Ridge made his third unsuccessful escape attempt Sunday afternoon
from Louisiana State Penitentiary, adding Gola correctional officers captured him
before he could get to leave the prison grounds. Roy McLaughlin,
fifty two, at this point, serving a life sentence for
second degree murder, used a key made from a battery
to unlock restraints on his hands after he was allowed
into the special exercise yard at Ngola's Camp Jay. And
y'all know the history of Camp Jay. I've done an
episode on this. It's now closed for good, but at
one point that was the lockdown, if you will, for prisoners.
So he was in Camp Jay. That's pretty hard to
escape from. So he uncuffs himself from that key made
out of a battery and McLaughlin then use restraints to
pull aside the razor wire on one fence and use
his prison jumpsuit and the restraints to climb over a
second fence that according to Kathy Fontna, McLaughlin then began
running toward the employee residential area at Angola. That's the beeline, y'all.
The camp security officers spotted him running over and Major
Chad ub pursued on foot. Ube radioed the prison control
center to alert the prison chase team. The response by
the team and other employees resulted in McLaughlin's capture about
fifteen minutes later. Prisoners assigned to Camp Jay's maximum security
cells are allowed to exercise for one hour per day.
McLaughlin was convicted in the second degree murder, and of
course it goes into his conviction. So there you have
that a third escape attempt. Now, this is where it
gets really crazy in this testimony. Apparently in goal of
guards they got a little bit sick of Roy trying
to get out of prison, and they figured it may
be time to try, well, a different form of deterrent,
if you will. So what happened, Well, for this, I'm
going to refer to Roy's own handwritten lawsuit that I
just so happen to have possession of which the first
grievance was filed just a couple of days after this incident.
It was on January twenty ninth, of two thy ten.
And this is his own words, and before we get
into what he claims is his statement of facts, the
defendants in this lawsuit are Burrokine. Of course, there's an
episode way back in the beginning of Bloody Angola that
talks about Burro Caine, so he's a defendant. Robert Butler,
who was an assistant warden at Angola that was in
charge of the welfare of all the inmates at Louisiana
State Penitentiary. A correctional officer by the name of Kevin Groom,
a correctional officer by the name of Mark Sharp, and
three John Does who apparently McLaughlin did not know their names.
But let's get into the facts of what he claimed.
It says on Sunday, January twenty fourth, twenty ten, about
one twenty pm, and he refers to himself as the plaintiff.
The planiff began an attempted simple escape from Louisiana State
Penitentiary's Camp Jay Well, at least he admitted it right.
Planiff evacuated through an opening of the chain link fence
in the recreational yard and proceeded to climb and cross
over two chain link perimeter gates. After landing on his feet,
he made sure he put that on the outside of
the perimeter gates. Planet sprinted about one hundred yards to
a drainage canal west of the camp. Once in the canal,
Planeiff noticed a very small puncture room to his left
palm caused by barbed wire over those gates. Upon an
information and belief, the planeff was seen by security personnel
running south in the drainage canal. Planeiff evacuated the canal
shortly thereafter, turning east and hugging across a cattle pasture
and crossing two short barbed wire fences. At about one
forty pm, Planeffs surrendered peacefully to Warden Robert Butler, who
was standing at post with a pistol in his right
hand near an area known as the bee line. Upon
surrendering to Warden Robert Butler, the Planiff was ordered to
get on his knees and then ordered belly and face
down horizontally on the ground. Thereafter, the Warden approached the
planiff discharging his pistol several times toward the sky to
signal security personnel as to his whereabouts. Seconds later, a
middle aged officer arrives on the scene and he handcuffs
the Planeiff's hands behind his back and then fresht and
or searched the Planeff's body. The officer discovered a bag
of trail mix, cashiers, small big lighter vitamins, allergy tablets,
and various small cloth items. Planeff was stripped nude from
his waist down. Minutes later, a pickup truck with several
correctional officers arrived on the scene, and one of the
officers jogged over to the planiff and suddenly, without provocation
from the planiff, stomped on the right side of the
Planeff's face, near the right eye of the planiff. He
kicked the Planeff two times in the side of his body.
Warden Robert Butler stood next to the planiff, lying belly
down on the ground and said nothing to the officer
who assaulted and battered the pliniff. Planiff was able to
look up and peek at the officer during the assault
and battery of the plaintiff, and later identified a photograph
of that officer upon information and belief, the planeff's legs
were shackled at the ankles, and then officers violently pulled
the planiff up off the ground by grabbing and pulling
up on the Planiff's arms, causing strains and or sprains
to his roderic cuff and elbow joins. The Planiff was
then tossed deliberately and maliciously headfirst and belly down onto
the bed of the truck. Upon information and belief, Captain
Mark Sharp initially assaulted and battered the PLANEFF. Defendant John
Doe number one, a white male, then slammed the truck's
tailgate onto the planeff's left foot. The PLANEFF in the
way he rightes y'all, he sounds very educated, which is
pretty wild for this convicted piece of shit wife murderer.
But anyway, he howled like a Canadian wolf due to
the unbearable pain. That slamming of the tailgate on Planet's
foot may have been the causation of the planeff's left
fractured toe or fractured. Moments later, when a second assault
and battery began on the PLANEFF, John Doe positioned himself
as the truck's driver after slamming the trucks tailgate. Seconds later,
Defendant Warden Burrollcane arrived at the surrender site and then
Defendant Captain Mark Sharp pulled Planet up and off his
belly onto a sitting position. Warden Burrowcane then wrap the
Planet by the hair with his hand and slammed the
Planiff's head two times onto the upper horizontal edge of
the closed tailgate. Seconds later, the defendant Warden Kane screamed
at the planiff, Roy, you're going into a paper gown.
Wardon Kane then ordered correctional officers. Captain Mark Sharp and
upon information of belief, defendant Kevin Groom, an African American
defendant John Doe number two, and possibly a defendant John
Doe number three, all positioned in the bed of the
truck around the Planiff, who was bellied down again to
transport Planeff to the hospital. John Doe number one drove
the truck. As the truck drove away, Captain Mark Sharp
was sitting up on the wheelwell or upper edge of
the truck's bed at the Planiff's right side. Planiff was
head first and belly down, handcuffed behind his back. At
all times except for when Warden Kane slammed the planiff
said two times onto the truck. John Doe number two
was positioned to the planet's left. The planet's head was
turned to the right or toward Defendant Mark Sharp. Upon
information and belief. Defendant Kevin Groom was positioned at the
left rear of the truck's bed and sitting next to
the defendant John Doe number two, who is positioned directly
across from Defendant Mark Sharp. During the transport of the
planeiff to the penitentiary's hospital, Defendant Mark Sharp deliberately, maliciously, sadistically,
and expressing gargantuan cowardness, assaulted and beat the fifty two
year old plaintiff man he is the king of fucking
adjectives right. Defendant Mark Sharp and Defendant John Doe number
two beat the plantiff with their ass is a metal
extension baton. You can sling it and it extends out,
and it's metal. It's got like a ball on the end.
Now at Goola they commonly refer to those as sticks.
So Mark Sharp and Defendant John Doe number two, according
to this complaint, beat the plane iff thirty times on
the rear of the planiff's body, which included his feet,
which may have caused the planet's fractured two rear leg buttocks, hands, elbows,
and skull. At one point during the beating of the
fifty two year old plane iff, Defendant Mark Sharp ordered
defendant John Doe number two, saying, quote, try and crack
his skull. John Doe number two struck the planiff one
time on the back of the planet's head with defendant's
metal stick. Defendant Mark Sharp then asked John Doe number two,
saying quote, did you crack his skull? And John Doe
number two responded, I don't think so. Captain Mark Sharp
then ordered John Doe saying quote, hit him again, and
the planiff was struck a second time on the back
of his head. After the second blow to the Planeff's head,
John Doe said quote that boy has got a hard head.
Can't make that shit up. Defendants Mark Sharp and John
Doe number two also kicked him punched the planiff several
times onto the side of his body. From their sitting positions.
Upon information and belief, Defendant Major Kevin Grooms sat by
and said nothing or did nothing to stop the beating
of the planiff during the planiff's transport to the hospital.
Planiff asserts that it was defindant Major Kevin Groom's duty
to order the seisation of the assault and battery and
or attempted second degree murder of the fifty two year
old plaintiff. Upon arriving at the hospital Sallyport, defendant John
Doe number two advised defendant Mark Sharp that quote were
at the sally Port, puts your stick up, someone may
see us. The two cowardly defendants didn't want other employees
of persons to see their acts of cowardness, i e.
Beating the planiff. Moments before the planiff entered the hospital's
emergency entrance, John Day number two twisted the planiff's fingers
on the planetff's right hand deliberately, maliciously, and sadistically in
an effort to break same. Medical treatment was administered to
the planeff at about two o'clock PM, and the planiff
was admitted to the hospital's ward at two forty five
pm four and overnight stay on Sunday evening, January twenty fourth,
twenty ten. Major Stuart Hawkins from Investigative Services at the
Louisiana State Penitentiary arrived at the planiff's hospital room and
requested the planeiff to strip naked in the major photograph
many areas of the planiff's body. On Monday, January twenty fifth,
twenty ten, at ten forty five am, the planiff was
transported to Investigative Services and met with Colonel Bobby A. Cord,
who is the department head. A Court had advised the
planiff he knew the planeff had been beaten and asked
the planeiff if he knew who had beaten him. Lieutenant
Colonel Gary McDonald presented the plane of four photographs of
correctional officers, and the planeiff identified one photograph as being
one of the assailants. Colonel Gary McDonald asked the planeiffs
to sign and date that one photograph, and the planiff
did so upon information and belief. The photograph of the
planiff signed and dated is the photograph of Captain Mark Sharp.
Lieutenant Colonel Temple assisted Colonel Gary McDonald in interviewing the plainiff.
Many additional photographs were taken of the planet's battered and
Bury's body. The planiff explained in detail to Colonel's Acres
McDonald and Temple that the planeiff's attempted simple escape and
the beating the planiff received from correctional officers. On Tuesday morning,
January twenty six, twenty ten, PLANETFS submitted a request for
medical treatment using a form. In Planet's request, he stated
multiple contisions, puncture wounds, and cuts from an attempted escape
on January twenty fourth of twenty ten. I mean, this
duve fucking is lucky. He's alive. You shoot on site
when they try to escape typically, and he's complaining because
they beat his ass because he tried to escape prison
for a third time and he's a convicted murderer. But
we'll continue on planiff question why he was not receiving
antibiotics and why the planiff's elbows, feet, and left toe
had not been X rayed on Sunday, January twenty fourth,
twenty ten. On January twenty six, twenty ten, X rays
were taken and revealed the plainiff's fractured left big toe.
The doctors told the planiff that surgery to insert a
pen in the planiff's toe was possible. The planiff was
prescribed pain relieving medication. Master Sergeant Glenn Hawkins, a security
officer at the hospital, told the plane if he hadn't
seen and inmate beaten so bad after an attempted simple
escape during his thirty years as a correctional officer. Planiff
asked Master Sergeant Glenn Hawkins how did he nail about
the Planiff's injuries, and Master Sergeant Hawkins said, Roy, my
son is Major Stuart Hawkins with Investigative Services, and I
know Stuart took photographs of year injury Sunday evening, and
I spoke with Stuart about what had happened to you
in the horrific photographic injuries on you. On Tuesday evening,
January twenty six, twenty ten, Planiniff was confined to the
guard tier at Camp Jay, commonly referred to as the Dungeon.
Upon Planiff walking to the shower area that evening, Sergeant
Patrick Strode advised Planmoff that he knew Planeff had been
beaten badly. Planiff questioned Sergeant Stroud as to how did
he know Planiff was beaten, and Sergeant Stroud replied, I
was out there, Roy when they put you in that truck,
and I saw them beating you when the truck pulled
away to the hospital. On Wednesday, January twenty seventh of
twenty ten, Lieutenant Colonel Eli Wilson of Investigative Services visited
with the plantiff took additional photographs of the planet's face.
Planeff thought that photographing his face again three days after
the planet's injury was sustained kind of looked suspicious. Lieutenant
Colonel Eli Wilson commented, looks like your face is healing.
On Thursday January twenty eighth, twenty ten, Defendant Warden Daryl
or Daryl Vanoy interviewed the planiff at Camp Jay. Wardon
Vanoy notified the planeff that he had been in Florida
the day of the planiff's attempted simple escape and told
the planeff he had seen the photographs of the Planmiff's injuries.
Wardon Vanoy told Roy saying quote, I wouldn't have wanted
my son beaten like you were, Roy. Wardon Vanoy also
told the planiff that if he had been present the
day of the planeff's escape attempt, no harm would have
happened to the planiff. Wardon Vanoy also told the planeiff
he knew Planeff was mad about the beating he had received,
and suggested the planiff take it easy for one more week,
and then he and the PLANEFF would get together in
an attempt to settle the matter between themselves, so there
wouldn't be any need for the PLANEFF to contact the
FBI or an attorney. Wardonvanoy suggested to the planiffs, saying, quote,
at least let investigative services comp their investigation before the
plane of contacted any outside agency.
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in the description of this podcast. On Friday January twenty ninth,
twenty ten, the planet submitted an administrative remedy procedure or
grievance relative to the deliberate malaisias sadistic beating of the
Planiff from correctional officers that was received by the Penitentiary's
Legal Programs department on February third of twenty ten. On Monday,
February first of twenty ten, Planiff wrote and mailed letters
to Attorney Ronda Covington, FBI, and the US Justice Department
in Washington, notifying each agent or agencies of the assault
and battery and or attempted to second agree murder of
the Planiff by correctional officers, and Planiff requested an investigation
of the same from an agent or agency. During the
time periods indicated in paragraph one through twenty five above
and during later dates, the Planiff disrobed and showed about
eighteen people as injuries. Some of these individuals are correctional officers, employees,
and inmates of Louisiana State Penitentiary. PLANEFF received many different
responses from those individuals, i e. Some gasp and some
cursed after viewing the malicious and sadistic injuries the Planiff
have received Officer. On Monday, February first, twenty ten, the
PLANEFF was seen by doctor Rob Nance at the Camp
Jay clinic, doctor Nance examined and or felt the Planiff's
contusions and or hematomas on his upper buttocks and legs.
On Tuesday, February second, twenty ten, Warden Joe Warden, Larry Calvert,
and Major Chadoo visited the PLANEFF at Camp Jay and
inquired how Plaineiff's injuries were healing. Wardon Joe told Pliniff
that he had seen the photographs of his injuries and
have received the Plainiff's letter expressing the Planiff's emotional anxiety
that defendant Captain Mark Sharp may possibly sneak into Camp
Jay during early morning hours an attempt or cause further
injury or silence the planeiff from revealing what the defendant
had done to the planet. Wardon Joe assured the Planiff
that Defendant Mark Sharp wouldn't be allowed into Camp Jay
in further harm Planiff. On Wednesday, February third, twenty ten,
Warden Orville in his last James Harder pronounce so I'm
gonna say lle in. Colonel Victorio visited the PLANEFF at
Camp Jane. Expressed their concern for Warden Butler, who they
believe may possibly get into a lot of trouble if
the PLANEFF were to notify the FBI because Defendant Warden
Robert Butler had not ordered Defendant Mark Sharp to stop
stomping or kicking the planeiff at the surrender site. Warden
l notified the PLANEFF that Warden Vanoy was going to
visit the PLANEFF on Monday February eight, twenty ten, in
an attempt to settle the matter with the planet for
relative to beating the planet for received. On Wednesday, February
third of twenty ten, at about seven o'clock PM, Warden
Daryl or Darryl Renoy visited the PLANEFF at Camp Jay
and told the planiff that Investigative Services was turning their
file of the investigation over to the FBI. On Thursday,
February fourth, twenty ten. Wardon Vanoy gave the PLANEFF the
name of the special Agent as Jason Enslinger or similar
last name, and opine that the defendant, Captain Mark Sharp
would be going down the road after the FBI completed
their investigation, and Warden Vanoy stated again quote, I wouldn't
have wanted my son beaten like you were.
Speaker 1: Roy.
Speaker 3: On Tuesday February ninth, twenty ten, the planiff was transported
to Investigative Services Department and was interviewed by FBI Speculation
Boom Special Agent Jason Enslinger or similar last name. Relative
to the beating the planetfaver Reci, the planiff signed a
release of his medical records to that agent. Colonel Bobby A.
Cordon notified the planiff that he had notified the FBI
and the West Feliciana Sheriff's Office about the beating that
the planet fab Recie. On Monday, March first, twenty ten,
Lieutenant C. Howard told the plane if he had seen
defendant Major Kevin Groom and African American and Defendant Captain
Mark Sharp at Investigative Services being interviewed by the FBI
on Wednesday, February tenth of twenty ten, and that Lieutenant C.
Howard was told that the two defendants were being questioned
about the beating the planiff have received. On Tuesday, March ninth,
twenty ten, Sergeant Stroud escorted the plaintiff to the shower
and told the plane iff he had told Major Stuart
Hawkins of Investigative Services that he knew who was in
the back of the truck that had transported the plane
iff to the hospital. Sergeant Stroud told the Planeff there
was an African American in the bed of the truck
that day. Sergeant Stroud told the Planiff that he had
told Major Hawkins that he didn't see anything relative to
the plane Iff being beaten. As the truck pulled away
from the surrender site, Planiff questioned Sergeant Stroud as to
why he didn't tell Major Hawkins that he had saw
the officers beating the plane Iff in the truck, especially
since Sergeant Stroud had told the Planiff on Tuesday, January
twenty sixth, twenty ten, that he had seen officers beating
the Planiff. Sergeant Stroud responded to the Planeff by saying, quote, Roy,
you know how it goes. I have to live around
Mark Sharp unquote. On Friday March nineteenth, twenty ten, Planiff
was seen by doctor Williamson at the Camp Jay Clinic.
Doctor Williamson told the Planiff he didn't see a reference
to the planet fractured toe in the medical records, but
the doctor made a telephone call and heard a recorded
dictation about the same. The doctor explained the severity of
the fracture to the Planiff's left big toe. Planiff explained
to the doctor of a burning like pain to both
upper rear legs and pain and some numbness to the
Planeff's right hand, as well as toe pain. On March twentieth,
twenty ten, the Planeiff was transported to the Penitentiary's hospital
for additional X rays to his left big toe and
his right hand. Planiff has not been able to view
those X rays to determine the progress relative to his
toe healing, although Pliniff has requested medical personnel allow him
to do the same. On March twenty second, twenty ten,
Planets submitted a request for medical treatment, requesting to view
those X rays of his refractured two and obtain of
our opinion from a doctor. Planeff complained again about his
right hand pain and some numbness. Planeff received no response
to his medical requests from medical personnel. On Monday, April fifth,
twenty ten, planet submitted a request for medical treatment and
complained again of toe and hand pain and headaches and
may have been caused from two blows to the planet's
head from defendant John Doe Number two. Plani If not
only complained of toe and hand pain, but also of
burning like sensations to his upper rear legs after walking.
The Planif a test on April twenty fourth, twenty ten,
marked three months since he was deliberately, maliciously and sadistically
beaten by correctional officers and still has headaches, toe pain,
hand pain, and a burning like sensation of both rear
upper legs. On April twenty seventh, twenty ten, plane If
was seen by a doctor at the Camp Jay Clinic
and was prescribed into methicin, an anti inflammatory, to help
relieve the Planiff's pain. On Thursday, May sixth of two
thousand ten, Planet spoke with Major Stuart Hawkins, and Major
Hawkins told the plane If those photographs taking of his
injuries on January twenty fifth, twenty ten, revealed the severity
more than the photos from the day before. On May
tenth of twenty ten, Planeff was transported to Saint Francisville
for a court appearance relative to a criminal charge of
attempted simple escape. Planeff was shocked and had severe emotional
stress and anxiety when on that day Planeff became aware
that one of his transport officers was Sergeant B. Sharp,
a young man about six foot ford about three hundred pounds.
Sergeant Sharp identified him as a first cousin to Captain
Mark Sharp, one of the defendants who maliciously beat him
on January twenty fourth, twenty ten. Sergeant Wilson, an African American,
and an elderly officer with the rank of Master sergeant
were also part of the transport team that day. The
plane expressed great concern to all the officers above and
concern to their supervisors, their lieutenant and captain about a
Sharp family member transporting him on a road trip and
carrying a gun. About a month later, before the May tenth,
twenty ten transport of the plaintiff, planeff on April fifteenth,
twenty ten, during the early morning hours, expressed emotional distress
and anxiety due to Captain James Daozart and Lieutenant Colonel
Randy Dacoty about Planet's reluctance to being transported to court
on April fifteenth of twenty ten, especially after being beaten
by officers on the transport to the prison hospital. Lieutenant
Colonel Dakody advised and assured the planiff it will be
alright to be transported that morning. On May twelfth, twenty ten,
planetf mailed two letters, one to Warden Vanoy and one
to mental health or social work clinician David Aikenbrand at
the Louisiana State Penitentiary, expressing his emotional distress and anxiety
of having been transported by Sergeant Sharp to court. On
May tenth of twenty ten. Mordon Vanoi didn't respond to
the Planiff's letter. During the week of May sixteenth, twenty ten,
planiff was able to speak with Dave an can Brand
during the Planiff's outside wreck yard period relative to the
Planeff's emotional distress and anxiety about having to be transported
to Saint Francis Field Court by Sergeant Sharp. On July fourth,
twenty ten, at about eight fifty five am, on the
Shark one left tier at Camp Jay, Sergeant William Holmes
asked the plent of how things were going with that
Planif responded, are you asking me about the beating I
received after my attempted simple escape? And Sergeant Holmes responded yes.
The planiff asked Sergeant Williams, hey he knew the planiff
had been beaten by officers, and Sergeant Williams stated, a
few days after your escape attempt, you and I had
a short conversation at the prisons hospital, and you told
me that I don't ever want to get beat like that.
I didn't remember that conversation with Sergeant Williams because during
that time Planiff was hill and a lot of pain
due to the beating and blows to the planeiffs head.
On July sixth, twenty ten, inmate Craig Hawkins, Doc. Number
one oh seven seven one four, told the Planeff of
Camp Jay that he had heard about the Planeff's attempted
simple escape when he had been housed at the B
block at the main prison. Hawkins told the planiff that
when he first arrived at Camp Jay during June of
twenty ten, he heard inmates talking about how the planeff
had been beaten by officers after this simple escape attempt.
On July seventh of twenty ten, Sergeant K. Johnson escorted
the planeiff to the Camp j Medical Clinic for an
appointment with doctor Williamson. During that walk, the planiff asked
Sergeant Johnson if he had heard prison officials and inmates
discussing the planiff having been beaten by the correctional officers,
and Johnson responded, of course, it's common knowledge. During June
of twenty ten, an inmate named Quantrell Kelson asked the
plane iff if he was the inmate who got his
ass whipped by correctional officers. Kelson told the plane if
he had heard about the planyeffs attempted simple escape and
that when Kelson was transferred to Camp Jay during April
of twenty ten, he had heard a lot of inmates
and correctional officers talking about how the planeff had been
beaten after surrendering. Kelson also told the planiff that the
escape attempt and the beating of the planeiff was a
big story at Camp Jay during April of twenty ten.
On July eighth of twenty ten, inmate Craig Hawkins told
the planiff that Captain Mark Sharp had beaten inmate Vernon
Mitchell at the main prison in two thousand and nine.
Mitchell's nickname is fil Ay, and Hawkins advised the plane
iff that Mitchell had filed an ARP or possibly a
lawsuit against Captain Sharp. Hawkins told the plane if he
believed Sharp was transferred to Camp Ce after beating Mitchell
at the main prison. On July thirteenth of twenty ten,
Andrea Ferguson, who is a Commissary personnel at the prison's
Camp Jay asked the plane if he had called the
FBI after the Planeff was beaten. Planiff responded no and
told Ferguson that Colonel A. Kor, with Investigative Services at
Louisiana State Penitentiary had voluntarily telephoned the FBI after viewing
the Planeiff's injury. Ferguson then told the Pliff she had
heard officers talking about the FBI had questioned the officers
who had beaten the plane Iff and how they had
denied beating the Planeff. Ferguson told the Planiff that she
heard the FBI had shewed the photographs of the planiff
injuries to those officers. On July sixteenth, twenty ten, Planeff
began taking the any inflammatory Mobik for relief for burning
like sensations to the Planeiff's upper rear legs. Doctor Williamson
prescribed the Mobik prescription to him. On July seventeenth, twenty ten,
at eight am at Camp J Sharky Unit, the Planeff
spoke with inmate Rudy Gasbar, who was a tear walker
and was housed at Camp D Eagle two. Planiff asked
gas Bar and if he had heard anything about the
planeff's attempted simple escape. Gas Bar replied yes, and that
he had heard an officer speaking about how Burl Caine
had beaten or battered the planiff also after peacefully surrendering.
The Planiff told gas Bar that that is true relative
to what he heard about Warden Kaine beating the PLANEFF.
On July nineteenth, twenty ten, at eight fifteen am, Planiff
was outside the wreckyard at Camp Jay Sharkiunit and spoke
with social worker David Aincin. Brian informed the Planiff that
he had received the PLANETFS letter of July fifteenth, twenty ten,
and the plaintiffs were reference in the letter of Planet's
emotional stress and anxiety relative to several issues, especially the
beating the PLANEFF received. Anker Brian told the Planiff that
he would speak with doctor Rhinbold, the prison psychiatrist, and
have doctor Rhinbold possibly set an appointment for the Planeiff
to discuss several or numerous issues. On July twenty third,
twenty ten, about seven thirty pm, Colonel Greg Foster was
making his rounds and stopped at the Planeiff cell at
the Sharkiann Foster asked the plane Iff, what's the latest
news with you? In sharp Planeff advised Foster that Planiff's
appeal was that the Secretary's offices of the Louisiana Department
of Corrections, and after the Secretary's ruling, the Planiff was
going to let those liars and then he has in
prints of these correctional officers. Tell it to the judge
and Jerry. Colonel Foster stated to Plainiff, quote those officers
should have been fired, and those pictures shown your injuries
is going to be hard for them to overcome. The
Planeff agreed with the colonel's statement, and both agreed that
the FBI investigation made very well continue. On July twenty fourth,
twenty ten, the Planet spoke with inmate Gary Ashley, soon
after Ashley was placed in the Shark left tier. Ashley
told Planet that he had been housed at the Gator
unit during the planeff's attempted a simple escape from the
Gator unit. Ashley told the PLANETFF that he knew the
Planeff had been beaten by officers and that he had
heard a lot of inmates and officers discussing it. On
the same day, Planeff spoke with inmate Quinnell Washington, whom
stated quote, I heard your simple escape when I was
at Camp See Jaguar unit. When I was transferred to
Camp Jay, I heard everybody talking about how you have
been beaten badly by officers while hencuff behind your back
and belly down in the back of a truck. On
July twenty ninth, twenty ten, at about twelve thirty pm,
Plaintiff visited doctor Ryan Bold at the prison psychiatrist, as
well as Dave Ankinbrand and another gentleman, both mental health
and or social worker clinicians at Camp Jay clinic. Planiff
discussed with those clinicians planets emotional distress and anxiety about
not knowing some of the officers who participated in the
beating and having been transported to court in Saint Francisville
by Sergeant b. Sharp. Additional issues relative to the planet
being beaten were discussed as well. On August first of
twenty ten, Planet spoke with Sergeant Stroud about the planet's
continual burning sensation to the planeff's upper rear legs and
infected left big toe caused by the beating the Planiff
have received. Sergeant Stroud stated to his coworker, Cadet Fredericson
quote they beat the hell out of Roy. Fredrickson stated
to the planeiff, I was working at Camp See for
Captain Sharp during your escape attempt, and Captain Sharp was
part of the chase on you. On August ninth of
twenty ten, about eight forty five am, Planet spoke with
inmate John Cliinpeter outside during wreck hour. Clim Peter told
the planiff that he had heard Lieutenant M. Millard discussing
the plainiff having been beaten. Climpeter also stated the same
relative to hearing Sergeant Montgomery. He usually works as a
transport officer within the prison's complex. Climpeter also stated he
had heard a lot of talk among inmates related to
the beating. Why hows did the camp jay bastorm? On
August tenth of twenty ten, warden Jimmy Smith asked the
plane iff how he was doing, and Planeff responded that
he was still healing. Smith said he knew Sharp beat Planeff,
so that is his entire and I got to say,
very descriptive, well written, So what's he won? Well? His
prayer for relief. Whereas Roy M. McLaughlin Junior, respectively praised
for judgment in his favor and damages in his favor
against all defendants in an amount sufficient to compensate him
for the injuries, physical and emotional pain and anguish suffered
by the planeff due to the deliberate, malicious, suggest and
unjustifiable beating of the plane iff by defendants and some
defendants deliberate indifference to the same. As follows. One compensation
damages in the amount of three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars against each defendant jointly. Two penitive damages in the
amount of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars against each defendant.
Three a jury trial on all issues triable by jury,
four planetfs cost in the suit, five any additional relief
this court deems just proper and equitable, And six injunctive relief.
This dude's one million for this beating that he suffered
after escaping or attempting to escape from Bloody in Gola unbelievable.
So what do you think happened? Well? This may shockey
went on January eighth of twenty fifteen, and incidentally, this
was pulled from the FBI's website. This article three former
correctional officers with the Louisiana State Penitentiary and in Gola
were sentenced today before US District Judge James Brady for
abusing an inmate and engaging in conduct to cover up
the criminal conduct. Mark Sharp thirty three received seventy three months.
Kevin Groom forty seven was sentenced to a year probation
in a five hundred dollars fine. Matthew Cody Butler twenty
nine received two years probation in a three thousand dollars fine.
According to court documents filed with the guilty please, and
it goes on to tell about pretty much Everything'll just
reg you that's right. Three of those correctional officers were
in prison and were fined for the abuse of Roy
McLaughlin Junior. And if you think that's the end of
the story, well I'm gonna give you this little nugget.
While I'm researching this and I'm researching these correctional officers,
one in particular stood out for a crime that he
committed even outside of this, and it relates to a
young girl on the beeline at Angola, which means that
her family worked there. And we'll get into that in
the next episode. And We're not done with Roy McLaughlin either. Incidentally,
he did receive eight thousand dollars in this lawsuit, but
he wasn't done with lawsuits just yet. Now I know
what you're thinking, while he was suing for millions, Hey,
eight thousand dollars to an inmate. That's like a million dollars.
But we'll get into all that next up because he's
not done with lawsuits yet. And I've got another one
from him that you're really not gonna believe when I
read it, so I'll cover it on the next episode.
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