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AG: Mid-State Correctional Officer Pepper Sprayed Inmate, Lied About It AG: Mid-State Correctional Officer Pepper Sprayed Inmate, Lied About It
AG: Mid-State Correctional Officer Pepper Sprayed Inmate, Lied About It A senior correctional officer from the Jersey Shore is accused of pepper spraying an inmate unjustly and then falsifying two reports about the incident, state authorities said. Jovanny Galindo, 32, of Neptune City filed a "special custody" and "use of force" report, saying the inmate was sitting down at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Wrightstown when the incident occurred.  Galindo reported that the inmate ignored an order and threatened him -- prompting Galindo to use the pepper-spray on June 16, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said on Thursday. An investigation f…

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by Cecilia Levine