HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The second of two men suspected of beating a Reno County Correctional Facility inmate so severely that he was taken to a Wichita hospital made a court appearance Monday for the reading of the formal charge.

Now, both William and Antoine Alexander are charged by the state with a single count of aggravated battery. The minimum sentence on the charge is three years and two months in prison. The maximum is 14 years and four months in prison.

The two Alexanders are accused of beating 30-year-old Darrell Beachy, who was taken by air-ambulance to a Wichita hospital for treatment. This occurred on Sept. 26 in one of the pods at the new county facility.

The cases against the two will move to a waiver-status docket on Oct. 28. Both are jailed in this case with bonds of $7,500.