DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A man charged with murder in connection with the beating death of a man last year near Wells Fargo Arena in downtown Des Moines has been found not guilty by a jury.
The Des Moines Register reports (https://dmreg.co/1gcPUqS ) 21-year-old Le’Prese Derrion Williams was released from jail Friday evening.
Williams was arrested as police investigated the August beating death of Richard Daughenbaugh.
Two other men - Yarvon Russell and James Shorter, both 19 - were found guilty by the jury of second-degree murder. They each face 50-year prison sentences.
Williams’ half brother, Kent Anthony Tyler III, was convicted of second-degree murder in December and is serving a 50-year sentence.
Prosecutors say Tyler punched Daughenbaugh and knocked him to the ground and others beat him.
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