HUTCHINSON– One of two men charged with the beating of a Reno County Correctional Facility inmate was scheduled to have his trial begin Tuesday, but he avoided trial and entered a plea in the case instead.

William Alexander and his brother Antoine are both charged by the state with a single count of aggravated battery.

They are accused of beating 30-year-old Darrell Beachy in September of 2015, in one of the pods at the new county facility.

Beachy was beaten so severely, he was taken by air-ambulance to a Wichita hospital.

William Alexander entered a plea to a lesser level of aggravated battery meaning at sentencing he will receive less time for the conviction.

Sentencing in this case for June 3.