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A Des Moines man is pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of a fellow inmate at the Polk County Jail.
Police say in June of 2023, 49-year-old Jonathan Brewer Jr. was being escorted into the jail intake area when he rushed 53-year-old Michael Clark and head-butted him, unprovoked.
Clark later began having seizures, and became unresponsive. He died at the hospital about a week later. An autopsy determined he died of blunt force injuries to the head.
Brewer faces up to 15 years in prison.