Rock Island, Illinois: Charges filed against Rock Island Co. correctional officers Cameron Gerischer and Jacob Ward

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Rock Island County correctional officers & bully boys Cameron Gerischer (left) & Jacob Ward (right)​

Charges filed against Rock Island Co. correctional officers

18 February 2022

The Rock Island County State’s Attorney filed felony charges Friday against two correctional officers in connection with a Jan. 30 altercation inside the Rock Island County Jail. The incident involved a male inmate and two male correctional officers, the state’s attorney’s office said in a Friday media release. The incident was immediately reported to the Sheriff’s Department supervisors, an internal investigation was opened, and the two correctional officers involved were placed on administrative leave. Rock Island County Sheriff Gerry Bustos requested the assistance of the City of Rock Island Police Department and the State’s Attorney’s Office to conduct a separate ...

Charges filed against Rock Island Co. correctional officers

Two Rock Island Co. correctional officers are charged with aggravated battery in a Jan. 30 incident involving a jail inmate.

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Rock Island Co. correctional officers charged in battery case fired

24 February 2022

Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office fired two correctional officers Wednesday following battery charges. Correctional officers Cameron Gerischer and Jacob Ward were fired after an internal investigation was completed Tuesday into an incident that occurred within the Rock Island County Jail on Jan. 30, Sheriff Gerry Bustos said in a media release. Friday Gerischer and Ward were each charged with one count of Aggravated Battery, a Class 3 felony. The incident occurred within the Rock Island County Jail involving one incarcerated person and correctional officers Gerischer and Ward, the sheriff’s office said. Bustos ordered an internal investigation into the incident on ...

Rock Island Co. correctional officers charged in battery case fired

Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office terminated two correctional officers Wednesday.

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