EAST ST. LOUIS - After a previous jury concluded that Brian Schell did not resist arrest during a criminal trial in 2019, jurors at his civil trial against Madison County deputies heard the full story and decided that he did.
EAST ST. LOUIS - Trial begins today on a claim that Madison County deputies Eric Schellhardt and Marc Asbury applied excessive taser force to county resident Brian Schell.
BENTON – Senior U. S. District Judge Phil Gilbert declared mistrial on an excessive force claim against Madison County because county counsel Heidi Eckert "sandbagged" him and wasted the jury’s time, according to his statements the next day.
BENTON – Madison County jurors found Brian Schell of Highland didn’t resist arrest and now jurors in U.S. district court must decide whether deputies acted appropriately when they tasered him.
BENTON – Senior U. S. District Judge Phil Gilbert postponed an excessive force trial against Madison County deputies for three months in anticipation of a winter storm.