US EditionFormer New York Prison Guard Pleads Guilty in Connection with Inmate’s Beating Death
- On Friday, former Mid-State Correctional Facility officer Joshua Bartlett pleaded guilty in Oneida County Court to felonies linked to inmate Messiah Nantwi's March 1 death.
- Bartlett pleaded guilty to felony charges for obstructing the investigation and creating false documents while participating in the cover-up of the beatings by prison guards that led to Nantwi's death near Utica.
- Prosecutors said officers assaulted Nantwi with fists, batons, and boots after he grabbed Bartlett's vest, and they planned to plant a weapon to justify the attack.
- Among the correction officers involved, Bartlett is the initial one to enter a guilty plea; his sentencing is scheduled for August 8, with a two-year prison term agreed upon contingent on his cooperation.
- Bartlett’s guilty plea marks a significant step in prosecuting cover-up efforts linked to Nantwi's death, highlighting ongoing investigations into prison staff conduct.
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Former state Corrections officer pleads guilty to cover-up in Harlem man’s prison beating death
A former state Department of Corrections officer pleaded guilty Friday to attempting to cover up the murder in an upstate prison of a Harlem man who died from a beating by other officers. Joshua Bartlett appeared before Oneida County Court Judge Michael Nolan and admitted to first-degree hindering the prosecution and falsifying official records after the beating death of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, N.Y., about 240…
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Former New York prison guard pleads guilty in connection with inmate's beating death
A former correction officer has pleaded guilty for his role in what prosecutors call a coverup of the beating death of an upstate New York prison inmate by fellow guards.
Officer in Nantwi beating case pleads guilty
UTICA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) -- One of the corrections officers allegedly involved in the beating death of Messiah Nantwi pled guilty in Oneida County Court on Friday. First reported by the Daily Sentinel on Friday, May 30, Joshua Bartlett pled guilty to one count of Hindering Prosecution and another count of falsifying business records. They are Class D and Class E felonies, respectively. Bartlett was not indicted with the other nine Mid-State of…
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