Five Correction Officers Charged With Federal Crimes In Beating Of Inmate At Downstate Correctional Facility And Cover-Up

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), William V. Grady, the District Attorney of Dutchess County, and Anthony J. Annucci, Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”), announced today criminal charges against five New York State correction officers relating to the November 12, 2013 beating of Kevin Moore, an inmate at the Downstate Correctional Facility (“Downstate”) in Fishkill, New York, and a conspiracy to cover-up the beating. Two of the correction officers have pled guilty to the charges filed against them.