There will be a press conference today at 1 p.m. to announce criminal civil rights and obstruction charges against five New York State correction officers involved in a November 2013 beating of an inmate at the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill, New York. A relevant charging document is attached.
WHO:
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
William V. Grady, the District Attorney of Dutchess County
WHAT:
Press Conference
WHEN:
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New Yor
1 St. Andrew’s Plaza
New York, NY 10007
CONTACT:
James Margolin, Dawn Dearden, Nicholas Biase
(212) 637-2600
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
