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Federal prisoner in Illinois gets additional 9 years for brutal beating of fellow inmate

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A federal inmate has been sentenced to an additional 9 years in prison for brutally beating another inmate while he was in custody.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Julian Breal, 47, was convicted of assault causing serious bodily injury last year after he repeatedly kicked and punched another inmate in the Federal Correctional Institution in Thomson, in 2022.

The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment which included surgery, authorities said.

Life sentence for white supremacist in Illinois prison murder

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A white supremacist from Minnesota was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for killing a Jewish inmate at an Illinois prison. In May, Brandon Simonson, 41, of Moorhead, Minnesota, was found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, hate crime, and assault in the death…

August 26, 2025

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White supremacist convicted of killing Jewish inmate in Illinois prison

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — An inmate at an Illinois prison has been convicted of murder and hate crime in the killing of a fellow inmate in 2020. Brandon Simonson, 41, of Moorhead, Minnesota, was found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, hate crime, and assault in the death…

May 14, 2025

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Indiana inmate gets 25 years for torturing, killing cellmate in Terre Haute federal prison

(WXIN/WTTV) — A federal inmate being held in Indiana will spend an additional 25 years in prison after he was convicted of torturing and killing his cellmate in 2020. Mitchell Gibson, 40, was already serving 45 years in Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex after assaulting his pregnant wife. Once in…

November 20, 2025

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