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yendecker named in jail sexchargeBy AMY KIIM) andJ *Texan Stait WritersPour Travis County Jail inmates were*charged Thursday with aggravated sexual abuse of a 17-vear-oid inmate Randolph Leyendecker. also 17. who is awaiting trial on a capital murder charge in the April stabbing death of 12-\ ear-old Pudelia Levbas. was among * •those charged before Justice of thePeace Jim McMurtrv.*■Also charged were Lyle Brummett, 19. jailed in August on a charge of capital murder. William Walker. 29, jailed in July on two counts of burglary and Johnny Richards. 20, jailed in July for burglary and an application to revoke probation tor robbery, burglary andaggravated robbery All were awaiting trial at the tune of the offense Bond w as set at $10,000 each John Crowe, a sheriff's office investigator. said three inmates allegedly bound and gagged the victim, then forced him to have anal sex with them. Later, all four inmates allegedly forced the vouth to perform oral sexThe incident occurred around 1 a mThursday.Crowe said six corrections officerswere on dutv at the time, but Sheriff*Raymond Frank said the jail was understaffed.The facility, designed to accommodate 269 prisoners, was holding 17 inmates more than its legal limit Tank 4. where the victim was held, isdesigned for four inmates, but overcrowding in other parts of the jail resulted in the five men being placed in the cell,Frank said.The inmates should have been placed in single-cell units as directed by state law, he added. However, the jail does not meet those legal standards.Travis Countv commissioners and1 tiIFrank are under a 1974 court order by F S District Court .to improve jail conditions The court order came after several inmates filed a class-action suit against the sheriff and commissioners in 1972 Frank and County Judge Mike Renfro met Wednesday with Mayor Jeff Friedman and later with Police Chief Frank Dyson to discuss a plan to house 30 to 50 County Jail inmates in City Jail Frank submitted the plan last weekThe mayor was receptive and compassionate, and 1 think he realizes our needs. Frank said The same thing goes with the chief of police Frank said the countv attorney t looking into the legality of the move there's a cost analysis being figured b\a* X HPby Chief Dyson1 don't think it’s illegal, he addedI'll be glad when we get some spacebecause it's so crowded Frank said.observing that the cell in which the manwas assaulted Thursday morning issmallThese five people had to be by themselves, Frank noted It was an absolute necessitv We have to be very*careful where we put inmates One inmate's character is such that he must remain in a cell alone with six emptybunksAnother inmate alerted corrections of-tn er s after the offense occured. The victim whose name is being withheld by thesheriff s office. was taken toBraekenridge Hospital lor examination%
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 01, 1976
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