ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - A former St. Louis Police officer has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to beating a Black, undercover cop who he thought was a protester.
Former SLMPD Officer Randy Hays, 34, was sentenced Tuesday by District Court Judge E. Richard Webber in St. Louis to 53 months in prison. He's one of four former officers who were charged in the beating of Officer Luther Hall during a protest in 2017. He also exchanged racially charged text messages with another officer about the assault.
Prosecutors asked for more than five years in prison, while the defense wanted fewer than three years.
Hays’s co-defendant, former St. Louis officer Bailey Colletta, pleaded guilty to making false statements before a federal grand jury that was charged with investigating the assault of the victim undercover officer. Her sentencing hearing is set for July 15, 2021.
Dustin Boone, Steven Korte and Christopher Myers are all charged with deprivation of rights under color of law connected to the attack. Korte faces an additional count of lying to the FBI.
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Federal prosecutors say Hall was mistaken for a protester during a September 2017 demonstration after the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a former officer accused of killing a Black suspect. Hall claimed he was beaten “like Rodney King” by his colleagues. His injuries required multiple surgeries.
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