US EditionJudge dismisses charges against 3 Connecticut officers accused of mistreating paralyzed prisoner
Judge David Zagaja dismissed charges against three officers and granted probation, citing lack of malicious conduct; the case led to a $45 million settlement and police reforms.
- A Connecticut judge dismissed criminal charges against three officers accused of mistreating a paralyzed prisoner, Richard "Randy" Cox, saying their conduct was not malicious.
- Cox, 40, was left paralyzed from the chest down after a police van with no seat belts braked hard, causing him to hit a metal partition while handcuffed.
- Officers were accused of mocking Cox, accusing him of being drunk, and dragging him around the police station before getting medical help.
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Judge dismisses charges against 3 Connecticut officers accused of mistreating paralyzed prisoner
A Connecticut judge has dismissed criminal charges against three New Haven police officers accused of mistreating a prisoner who was paralyzed in the back of a police van.
Judge dismisses charges against 3 officers accused of mistreating paralyzed prisoner
A Connecticut judge on Friday dismissed criminal charges against three current and former New Haven police officers who were accused of mistreating prisoner Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022. Judge David Zagaja dropped the cases against Oscar Diaz, Jocelyn Lavandier and Luis Rivera after granting them a probation program that allows charges to be erased from defendants’ records, saying their conduct w…
On Friday, a Connecticut judge dismissed the criminal charges against three current and former New Haven police officers who had been charged with mistreating prisoner Richard "Randy" Cox, who was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022. Judge David Zagaja closed the cases against Oscar Díaz, Jocelyn Lavandier and Luis Rivera after granting them a probation program that allows them to erase the charges from the defendants’ records, arguing…
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