US EditionFormer officer pleads guilty to mistreating prisoner paralyzed in Connecticut police van
Betsy Segui received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment; three officers rejected plea deals and will face trial in the case of paralyzed detainee Randy Cox.
- Randy Cox, 39, was left paralyzed from the chest down on June 19, 2022, when a police van he was riding in without a seat belt braked hard, sending him head-first into a metal partition while his hands were cuffed behind his back.
- Betsy Segui, a former New Haven police sergeant, pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless endangerment and received a 60-day suspended jail term, while Ronald Pressley, another former officer, took the same plea deal.
- Three other officers involved in the case-- Diaz, Lavandier and Rivera-- are heading to trial, while Diaz appealed his firing and got his job back after saying he had to brake hard to avoid an accident.
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Former officer pleads guilty to mistreating prisoner paralyzed in Connecticut police van
A former Connecticut police officer has pleaded guilty to mistreating prisoner Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed in a police van.
Connecticut cop takes plea deal in ‘rough ride’ that paralyzed Randy Cox
A Connecticut police officer accepted a plea deal Wednesday in the case of Randy Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed while riding unsecured in the back of a police van. Betsy Segui, formerly of the New Haven Police Department, pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless endangerment, the New Haven Register reported. She received a 60-day suspended sentence and a six-month conditional discharge, meaning she won’t serve jail time. Three other officers…
1 officer takes plea deal, 3 others heading to trial in Randy Cox case
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- One New Haven police officer charged in connection with the Richard “Randy” Cox case took a plea deal Wednesday, and three others are heading to trial. Sgt. Betsy Segui is expected to take a plea deal. The other officers involved, Oscar Diaz, Jocelyn Lavandier and Luis Rivera are heading to [...]
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