HUTCHINSON – One of the two men suspected of beating a Reno County Correctional Facility inmate so severely that he was taken to a Wichita hospital has been formally charged.

Antoine Alexander was charged on Friday by the state with a single count of aggravated battery. He appeared in front of Judge Joe McCarville for the reading of the charge and bond was set at $7,500.

He and a co-defendant, William Alexander are accused of beating 30-year-old inmate Darrell Beachy in one of the pods at the new Reno County Jail on September 26.

William Alexander is expected in Court on Monday.

Both face a possible sentence ranging between three years, two months to over 14-years.