JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A 42-year-old inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center has pleaded guilty in the drug overdose death of another inmate.
The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports that Kartez Hardin accepted a plea deal Wednesday and was sentenced to 15 years for distribution of heroin. Prosecutors dropped a second-degree murder charge.
Cole County prosecutors say Hardin sold heroin to 38-year-old Gregory Medley, who died of a heroin overdose at the prison in November 2015.
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Medley was serving 30 years for assault and other convictions out of Greene County.
Hardin is serving a 75-year sentence for a 2010 case out of St. Louis. He was convicted of forcible rape, kidnapping, child endangerment and several other charges.
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Information from: Jefferson City News Tribune, http://www.newstribune.com
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