Jovanny Galindo, 33, of Neptune City, pleaded guilty to third-degree aggravated manslaughter and was sentenced Friday to probation, his attorney, Patrick Toscano, of Caldwell, told NJ Advance Media on Saturday.
pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault and was sentenced to two years of probation, his attorney said Saturday.
A plea deal offered by the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General called for Galindo to plead guilty to a third-degree crime, resign his job with the state and serve 364 days in jail. “ was a corrections officer with an unblemished record until that day,” Toscano told NJ Advance Media on Saturday. “He used his discretion believing he was able to spray to prevent a possible uprising.”
Galindo, who worked at Mid-State Correctional Facility, a 700-bed prison in Wrightstown, was suspended from his position as a senior correctional police officer after the allegations came to light.
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