Former Alabama police chief reports to federal prison in Florida

The former police chief of Stevenson, a small town in Jackson County, reported to federal prison today to begin a 27-month sentence for civil rights violations.

Ex-chief Daniel Gordon Winters is housed at Coleman Low, a low-security federal correctional institution in Sumter County, Florida, said Justin King, of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Office of Public Affairs.

Stevenson is a northeast Alabama town with fewer than 2,000 residents.

The 56-year-old Winters was convicted in July 2016 of beating an arrestee, David Fulmer, of Tuscumbia. The ex-chief also was convicted for allowing a civilian to participate in the beating.

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