Fourth officer charged in assault at New Jersey women’s prison
A fourth correctional officer has been charged in connection with an assault on at least six inmates, and an attempted coverup of this attack, at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, New Jersey. The charges result from an incident that took place at the women’s prison in January. The brutality of the incident and the seriousness of the victims’ injuries prompted the state attorney general to open an ongoing investigation. It is the latest in a long series of inquiries concerning the prison.
On February 24, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal charged Sgt. Matthew Faschan with two counts of second-degree official misconduct and one count of third-degree tampering with public records or information. Faschan, who has been suspended, was asked to film the extraction of several prisoners from their cells during the incident in question. One victim claims that Faschan deliberately did not record the pro
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. – Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R-13) wants Phil Murphy to investigate reports of "tainted" or rancid food served to members of the New Jersey National Guard during their ongoing deployment in the nation's capital. “With continued reports of National Guard troops in Washingto
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Chris Smith (R, NJ-04) wrote to Speaker Pelosi on Wednesday demanding an investigation into allegations of "tainted food" which Smith says were served to members of the New Jersey National Guard who subsequently fell ill. At least 30 Guardsmen are among those who were
TRENTON, New Jersey New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to investigate after at least 30 New Jersey National Guard members allegedly got sick over the last month from eating the food they were provided while deployed to protect the U.S. Capitol.
In a letter Wednesday, Smith told Pelosi that several National Guard members in various states, including New Jersey, have become ill due to tainted and unhealthy food from a private-sector vendor. Some have even reported vomiting in the Senate parking lot, he wrote. Alarmingly, the soldiers have noted receiving almost completely raw meat, some of which, according to press reports, even contained pieces of shaved metal.