The Logan
County Sheriff's Department and a deputy accused of beating a suspect in 2011 have
denied any wrongdoing.
Deputy James Brown said he used pepper
spray to subdue Charles Allen Simpkins and transported him to a hospital for
treatment.
But in his recent response to a lawsuit
in U.S. District Court, Brown denies that he took a detour and beat Simpkins
behind a school near Accoville ,
W.Va.
Simpkins says his civil rights were
violated when he was kicked and punched repeatedly with reinforced black
leather gloves.
