A Missouri state trooper was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a handcuffed man drowned in his custody in 2014.
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Piercy has been a trooper 19 years and volunteered to move to its water patrol division after the Highway Patrol took over the water-safety force.
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The decision to charge Piercy was made by special prosecutor William Camm Seay, who called his actions reckless.
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Piercy turned himself in Friday and was released on $50,000 bond.
COURTESY OF MYLES GOERTZ During Brandon Ellingson’s arrest on May 31, one of his friends took this photograph before Trooper Anthony Piercy put handcuffs on him. Witnesses have said Piercy placed an already buckled life vest over Ellingson’s head and didn’t property secure it. Ellingson’s life vest came off shortly after he went into the water, and Piercy eventually jumped into the water but was unable to save Ellingson.
Last year, another special prosecutor named Amanda Grellner said she would not charge Piercy because Ellingson’s death was merely an accident. “They wanted to protect the governor and the merger and protect Piercy from criminal charges because criminal charges would be a black eye for the patrol”.
Ellingson’s body was discovered 70 feet below the surface the following day.
Piercy primarily patrolled roads and said previously he lacked training to handle the situation.
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Henry said authorities wanted to “paper over” the problem to shield Gov. Jay Nixon from criticism after he had pushed for a merger between the state’s water and highway patrol agencies. “I think it has been a cover-up from the beginning”. Missouri law defines involuntary manslaughter as recklessly causing the death of another person.
