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New Jersey Corrections Officer from Brick Pleads Guilty to Assault
New Jersey Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Assault
**Trenton, NJ** — A New Jersey Department of Corrections police officer has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after an incident at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center’s Special Treatment Unit in Woodbridge.
Giuseppe Mandara, 55, from Brick, New Jersey, admitted to attempting to cause significant bodily injury during a plea hearing on Tuesday. The hearing was held before Judge Thomas K. Isenhour in Union County.
Under a plea agreement with the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, Mandara consented to forfeit his public employment and was barred from future public office. Prosecutors will recommend a four-year prison sentence, with sentencing scheduled for January 31, 2025.
The incident occurred on August 23, 2019, when Mandara assaulted a victim, escalating a verbal dispute into a physical altercation. Following the altercation, the victim suffered a fatal stroke, however, a state grand jury did not file homicide charges related to the death.
Six New Jersey Prison Guards Indicted for False Reports After Incident with Inmate
Indictment Announced for Six NJ Correctional Officers
**TRENTON, NJ** – The New Jersey Attorney General, Matthew J. Platkin, and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) have announced that a state grand jury has indicted six correctional police officers. These charges are linked to the 2020 assault of an inmate at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility.
The indictment, composed of seven counts, accuses the officers of pepper spraying and forcibly removing an inmate from a cell on April 8, 2020. Additionally, the officers are alleged to have filed false reports concerning the incident.
The officers facing charges include Sgt. Michael Emmert and Senior Corrections Officers Christopher Toth, Mark Sadlowski Jr., Raymond Quinones, Michael Gaines, and Michael Ambrozaitis. The indictment follows an investigation by the OPIA’s Corruption Bureau and the Department of Corrections’ Special Investigations Division.
All officers are charged with official misconduct, tampering with public records, and falsifying or tampering with records. Emmert and Toth face an additional charge of aggravated assault. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
