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Sixth Former Roxbury Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty, Admits Assault of Inmate and Cover-up Conspiracy

Jeremy McCusker, a former correctional officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., yesterday pleaded guilty to assaulting an inmate and conspiring with other officers to cover up that assault. McCusker is the sixth former RCI officer to enter a guilty plea in federal court. According to court documents filed in connection with his guilty plea, McCusker admitted that, during the midnight shift on March 8-9, 2008, he, Lanny Harris, Philip Mayo and two other RCI officers were involved in an assault of an inmate, identified by the initials K.D. McCusker acknowledged that he and other RCI officers assaulted K.D. in order to punish him for striking an officer during a prior shift. McCusker also admitted that he and other RCI officers discussed how they would cover up their involvement in the assault of K.D. McCusker admitted that he provided false and misleading information to federal and state authorities in an effort to cover up his involvement in the assault. [read the full story here]

US Department of Justice, Friday, May 24, 2013
Tags: Prison Conditions & Corruption, Maryland
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