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Jail time in Texas ‘fight club’ case

September 21st, 2009

From ABC News and the Houston Chronicle:

A former Corpus Christi State School employee has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in organizing “fight clubs” between residents with developmental disabilities.

D’Angelo Riley, 23, was called a “ringleader” by prosecutors, who said he provided play-by-play commentary on cell phone video recordings of the brawls.

Eleven staff members were identified in the videos and six were charged. Riley is the second to be sentenced to jail time for causing injury to people with disabilities, and a third received a suspended sentence. Cases against the other three are pending.

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