Monday, July 20, 2009

Man accused in slaying quits as Texas prison guard

HENDERSON, Texas — A Texas prison guard charged in the shooting death of his younger brother has resigned as a corrections officer.
The Rusk County Sheriff's Office said 22-year-old Justin Gregory Raner (RAY'-ner) of Bullard remained jailed Thursday on $1 million bail.
Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark told the Longview News-Journal that Raner, a guard at the Hodge Unit in Rusk since mid-2008, resigned Wednesday.
Raner is charged with murder over the killing of 19-year-old Jeremy Neal Raner. The victim's body was found Saturday in a hayfield.
Investigators believe the siblings had argued. Further details were not released by law officers.

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