Maryland Inmate Charged In Cellmate's Beating Death

JESSUP, Md. (AP) -- Maryland State Police say they're charging an inmate in his cellmate's beating death at the maximum-security Jessup Correctional Institution in Jessup.

Troopers announced in a statement Monday that 37-year-old Johnnie Sellers is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and assault in the death of 58-year-old Glenn Smith.

Police say Smith was last seen uninjured before cells were locked for the night on Jan. 17. The next morning, his cellmate, now identified as Sellers, told a correctional officer that Smith was hurt. Smith died three days later.

Police say Smith's death was ruled a homicide, from multiple blunt force injuries.

Smith was sentenced in 2002 to life for rape, burglary and other offenses. Sellers has 31 years left on a 35-year sentence for two counts each of carjacking and first-degree assault.

This comes just hours after another incident occurred at the Jessup Correctional Institution that left another inmate death.

Authorities say 43-year-old John O'Sullivan, was found lying on the floor in the F building bleeding profusely from multiple stab wounds on Sunday. He later died.

O'Sullivan was serving a sentence of 17 years and six months that started in April 28, 2005 following his conviction for second-degree assault, a spokesperson for the state department of public safety and correctional services told WJZ

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