After a four-day trial, a federal jury Thursday convicted Eric Nantell, a former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) sergeant, of one count of deprivation of civil rights for failing to intervene to stop an inmate’s assault, two counts of obstruction for misleading state investigators, and one count of making false statements to an FBI special agent. Six other officers previously pleaded guilty to their roles in the assault and cover-up, and three of them testified for the government during the trial. “The jury’s verdict closes the book on an unfortunate chapter at this correctional c…