Oklahoma Jail Death: Sheriff, 5 Others Charged With Manslaughter

ENID, OK — A Garfield County sheriff and five others have been charged with manslaughter in the death of an inmate last year who was tied to a chair for two days without enough food or water.

A grand jury indicted Sheriff Jerry Niles and five others who worked at the jail on second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of Anthony Huff, 58. State Attorney General Mike Hunter announced the charges Tuesday.

Attorney Stephen Jones entered a not-guilty plea for Niles. Niles was booked and released at the Garfield County jail after posting $15,000 bond. Niles could not be reached for comment. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Huff was left in the restraint chair for 48 hours and was declared June 8, 2016, four days after being jailed on a public intoxication complaint.

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