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Correctional Officers

Scotia-Glenville, NY
News
Robert Brooks Death: Ex-Corrections Officer Gets 15 Years For Beating Of NY Inmate Robert Brooks Death: Ex-Corrections Officer Gets 15 Years For Beating Of NY Inmate
Robert Brooks Death: Ex-Corrections Officer Gets 15 Years For Beating Of NY Inmate A former New York state corrections officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the brutal beating death of inmate Robert Brooks. Christopher Walrath, a former officer at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, learned his fate Monday, Aug. 4, after pleading guilty in May to first-degree manslaughter. Brooks, 43, had been transferred to Marcy on Dec. 9, 2024. He was attacked by a group of officers shortly after arriving, according to prosecutors. He died the next morning from what an autopsy later determined was homicide, caused by “compression of the neck and multiple…

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by Michael Mashburn
Albany, NY
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Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report
Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report A second inmate has died near the same New York State prison where guards were captured on video fatally beating an inmate last year. Messiah Nantwi, 22, died at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy on Saturday, March 1, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) told Daily Voice. Additional details about his death were not released, but nine inmates at the facility told The New York Times that Nantwi was brutally beaten by corrections officers. Thomas Mailey, a prisons spokesman, declined to comment on the New York Times allegations in a st…

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by Michael Mashburn
Trenton, NJ
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Inmate Serving 43-Year Sentence Dies In NJ State Prison After Encounter With Officer, AG Says Inmate Serving 43-Year Sentence Dies In NJ State Prison After Encounter With Officer, AG Says
Inmate Serving 43-Year Sentence Dies In NJ State Prison After Encounter With Officer, AG Says The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating the death of a Northern State Prison inmate who died following an encounter with correctional police officers earlier this month, authorities said. David Silva, 46, was involved in an encounter with officers on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at the Newark prison, the AG's office said Monday, Dec. 16. Silva was later pronounced dead at a hospital on Thursday, Dec. 12, officials confirmed. The names of the involved officers are not being released, and no further details have been provided as the investigation remains ongoing. Records show Sil…

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by Cecilia Levine
Millville, NJ
Police & Fire
Former Officer Who Didn't Stop Attacks On Bayside State Prison Inmates Sentenced, Feds Say Former Officer Who Didn't Stop Attacks On Bayside State Prison Inmates Sentenced, Feds Say
Former Officer Who Didn't Stop Attacks On Bayside State Prison Inmates Sentenced, Feds Say A former corrections officer in Leesburg will spend more than a year in prison after admitting to not stopping attacks against two inmates, authorities said. Joshua Hand, 35, of Millville, was sentenced on Tuesday, Nov. 5 to 20 months in prison, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. He was a corrections officer at Bayside State Prison. According to court documents and statements, Hand was in the officers' quarters in the kitchen area when the first victim entered the room in December 2019. "Shortly after the victim entered the officers’ qua…

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by Chris Spiker
Towson, MD
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Baltimore Inmate Awaiting Resentencing For Kidnapping Convicted Of Assaulting COs: Feds Baltimore Inmate Awaiting Resentencing For Kidnapping Convicted Of Assaulting COs: Feds
Baltimore Inmate Awaiting Resentencing For Kidnapping Convicted Of Assaulting COs: Feds An inmate already waiting to be sentenced for kidnapping and other offenses is facing additional time behind bars following a tirade at the Chesapeake Detention Facility that left several officers injured, federal authorities announced. Baltimore resident Igor Yasinov, 35, was found guilty following a four-day trial after assaulting several correctional staff members and causing damage in the facility. Court documents state that the assaults began on Nov. 16, 2021, when Yasinov broke a control center window within the facility with a broom stick and suffered minor injuries. That …

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by Zak Failla
Englewood, NJ
Lifestyle
Who Are New Jersey's Sexiest Civil Servants? Here's What New Poll Says Who Are New Jersey's Sexiest Civil Servants? Here's What New Poll Says
Who Are New Jersey's Sexiest Civil Servants? Here's What New Poll Says Ring the alarm! Firefighters may make the calendars and policemen are pretty, but a newly released survey found that New Jersey's sexiest civil servants are neither of the two. According to DatingNews, the hottest civil servants in the Garden State are customs and border protections officers. DatingNews released the new tally after interviewing 3,000 singles to uncover which uniformed pros, though they omitted out the usual suspects, including firefighters, police officers, and members of the military. "In the urban landscape, there's an undeniable physical magnetism that surrounds those …

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
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Former Correctional Officer Accused Of Sexually Abusing Inmates At MD Prison: Feds Former Correctional Officer Accused Of Sexually Abusing Inmates At MD Prison: Feds
Former Correctional Officer Accused Of Sexually Abusing Inmates At MD Prison: Feds A former correctional officer in Maryland is facing time behind bars with the people he helped put away after admitting to violating prisoners' civil rights, federal authorities announced. Baltimore native Owen Nesmith, 54, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 20, to multiple charges that include the depravation of rights under the color of law and making false statements for having sexual contact with victims at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup. Nesmith was a lieutenant at the facility, prosecutors say, and he admitted that between 2005 and 2017, he sexually assaulted at least th…

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by Zak Failla
Cambridge, MA
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Massachusetts Corrections Officer Fighting For Life After Brutal Prison Attack Massachusetts Corrections Officer Fighting For Life After Brutal Prison Attack
Massachusetts Corrections Officer Fighting For Life After Brutal Prison Attack A Massachusetts corrections officer is fighting for his life after he was brutally attacked by an inmate while on duty, sources tell Daily Voice.  Officer Matthew Tidman, age 36, was attacked by an inmate with a metal object in the gymnasium at MCI-Shirley in Shirley on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 31. Tidman is now in a coma where he remains in critical condition, a GoFundMe organized on his behalf says.  "Matt is someone who is the first to lend a helping hand no matter the situation and now is our time to do the same for him and his family," the campaign reads. The GoFundMe is lookin…

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by David Cifarelli
Bowie, MD
Police & Fire
Correctional Officers, Inmates, Sentenced In Jessup Max Security Smuggling Scheme Correctional Officers, Inmates, Sentenced In Jessup Max Security Smuggling Scheme
Correctional Officers, Inmates, Sentenced In Jessup Max Security Smuggling Scheme Looks like orange is the new black for over a dozen people sentenced in a federal racketeering conspiracy involving inmates and corrections officers at the Jessup Correctional Institution, officials say. The 15 co-conspirators ran a scheme where both inmates and outside facilitators bribed correctional officers to smuggle in contraband such as narcotics, cell phone, and alcohol into the maximum security prison, according to the Department of Justice. Among the sentenced are former Correctional Officer Dominique "Star" Booker, 45, who was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison followe…

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by Annie DeVoe
Mahopac, NY
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Inmate Admits Attacking Officer At Correctional Facility In Area Inmate Admits Attacking Officer At Correctional Facility In Area
Inmate Admits Attacking Officer At Correctional Facility In Area An inmate at an area correctional facility has pleaded guilty for assaulting an officer. Vernon Mingo, 39, admitted that he assaulted Correction Officer Jennifer Hayden at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville on April 24, 2018, Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady said  He is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 31, and is expected to receive a sentence of two to four years in state prison to run consecutively with his current sentence, the DA said.  “Correctional officers have very difficult and dangerous jobs," said Grady. "…

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by Kathy Reakes
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
New Bergen County Sheriff's Recruits, Inter-Governmental Transfers Sworn, Heroes Honored New Bergen County Sheriff's Recruits, Inter-Governmental Transfers Sworn, Heroes Honored
New Bergen County Sheriff's Recruits, Inter-Governmental Transfers Sworn, Heroes Honored Seven new recruits, one investigator and five inter-governmental transfers were sworn in Friday to the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office. Three of them are military service veterans. Sheriff Anthony Cureton also honored seven corrections officers and four nurses whose efforts saved the life last year of an inmate who’d had gone into cardiac arrest. “The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office is the premier law enforcement agency in Northern New Jersey,” Cureton said. “I am proud to welcome these thirteen new officers to our ranks and wish them well as they begin their careers.” RECRUITS Wayne Kubs…

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by Jerry DeMarco