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Former Alabama police chief reports to federal prison in Florida
The former police chief of Stevenson, a small town in Jackson County, reported to federal prison today to begin a 27-month sentence for civil rights violations.
Ex-chief Daniel Gordon Winters is housed at Coleman Low, a low-security federal correctional institution in Sumter County, Florida, said Justin King, of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Office of Public Affairs.
Stevenson is a northeast Alabama town with fewer than 2,000 residents.
The 56-year-old Winters was convicted in July 2016 of beating an arrestee, David Fulmer, of Tuscumbia. The ex-chief also was convicted for allowing a civilian to participate in the beating.
Read more: http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/03/former_alabama_police_chief_re.html
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