PhotoA New York City Correction Department captain was arrested on Thursday and charged with beating an inmate at Rikers Island so badly that several of the prisoner’s teeth were broken, and prosecutors say four other guards helped cover up the attack. The captain, Sandy Arkhurst, 42, pleaded not guilty before Justice Robert Neary in State Supreme Court in the Bronx and was later released on $10,000 bail. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOne of the officers pepper-sprayed Mr. Rodriguez in the face and cuffed his hands behind his back. Then three of the guards took him into a shower vestibule to wash off the spray, prosecutors said. Inside the shower, Captain Arkhurst punched the inmate and struck him with a wood baton, leaving him with broken teeth and bruises on his back and arms.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2017 23:48 UTC