Inmates Charged in Fatal Beating at Prison
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Three female inmates were charged with second-degree murder in the October beating death of another inmate at a women’s prison in Chowchilla.
Tonea Ashline, 32, Alejandra Calderon, 27, and Leticia Velasquez, 36, were also charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault, Madera County Dist. Atty. Ernest LiCalsi said. The three are accused of beating Patricia Ann Toledo, 36, in a prison yard fight at Valley State Prison for Women.
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