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NJ Correctional Employees Indicted In Beating Of Federal Detainee Who Squirted Liquid At Them NJ Correctional Employees Indicted In Beating Of Federal Detainee Who Squirted Liquid At Them
NJ Correctional Employees Indicted In Beating Of Federal Detainee Who Squirted Liquid At Them Four Essex County correctional employees were indicted by a grand jury on civil rights charges in the beating last summer of a federal detainee. The indictment returned in Newark charges Officer Damion James, 41, with assaulting the pretrial detainee at the Essex County Correctional Facility, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Sgt. Herman Pride, 51, Sgt. Jennifer Whitley, 38, and Lt. Nicholas Palma, 46, were all charged in the indictment with failing to intervene to stop the Aug. 17, 2020 assault, she said, adding that Whitley also was charged with submitting a false report. …

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Feds: Essex Jail Officer Admits Covering Up Colleague's Assault On Federal Detainee Feds: Essex Jail Officer Admits Covering Up Colleague's Assault On Federal Detainee
Feds: Essex Jail Officer Admits Covering Up Colleague's Assault On Federal Detainee An Essex County correctional officer admitted Wednesday that he covered up a colleague’s assault of a federal detainee. Angel Chaparro, 38, told a federal judge in Newark that he and two colleagues were strip-searching the detainee at the Essex County Correctional Facility last August when the assault occurred. The detainee – who was being held pending a federal trial – had squirted a mixture of urine, yogurt, and milk onto a correctional officer, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Friday. Officer Damion James attacked the detainee in a disciplinary cell, “striking him multiple tim…

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COVER-UP: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge COVER-UP: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge
Cover-up: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge Three Essex County correctional officers beat a federal detainee as a sergeant stood by, said authorities who charged all four with civil rights violations. The detainee – who was being held pending a federal trial -- squirted a mixture of urine, yogurt, and milk onto a correctional officer at the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) the evening of Aug. 17, 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Friday. The detainee was brought to a disciplinary cell and beaten by Officers Angel Chaparro, 38, Damion James, 40, and Luis Ortiz, 29, in front of Sgt. Herman Pride, 51, Honig said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco