Man Accused In Children's Near-Drowning Severely Beaten In Jail
POSTED: 7:27 am MST December 14,
2006
CANON CITY, Colo. -- A Canon City man accused in the near-drowning of three toddlers over the summer was hospitalized with a fractured skull and other injuries Wednesday after being beaten in the Fremont County Jail -- allegedly by a white supremacist. Sheriff's officials said Richard Steven Valdez, 35, also suffered broken eye sockets and nasal injuries in the beating that occurred Tuesday. He had been scheduled to attend a court hearing Wednesday, but was hospitalized instead.
Jack Swearingen, 28, is a reported member of the so-called "Two-Eleven" crew, a Colorado prison gang of white supremacists. Swearingen and two other Department of Corrections inmates are suspected of attacking Valdez, police said. Valdez was arrested after three children nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool in May as he took a shower with the mother of one of the children. Nina Davis, 23, said she left the children in the living room of the house the couple shared.
Previous Stories:
- July 3, 2006: Mother Pleads Guilty In Kids' Pool Accident
- May 17, 2006: Mother Charged In Kids' Pool Accident
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