Good: Massachusetts prison officers who allegedly beat handcuffed inmate, destroyed evidence, are arrested

Two Massachusetts prison officers were arrested Thursday for their involvement in allegedly beating a handcuffed inmate and destroying video evidence of the assault.
Officials said Seth M. Bourget, 39, of Woodstock, Conn., and Joseph M. Lavorato, 51, of Wilmington, Mass., were indicted for an incident that took place over the summer at the U.S. Bureau Prisons Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Devens, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.
According to the indictment, the alleged assault took place in June 2019 when Bourget dropped his knee on an inmate’s head while he was handcuffed and restrained in the mental health housing unit. Bourget also allegedly hit him with a protective shield, causing bodily injury.
Bourget, a senior correctional officer at FMC Devens, was indicted on two counts of deprivation of civil rights under color of law, the DOJ said. Lavorato, a lieutenant, was also indicted on obstruction of an official proceeding and destruction and falsification of records in a federal investigation.
Lavorato is accused of obstructing the investigation by “purposely failing to timely and accurately report the nature and extent of [the] inmate’s injuries and intentionally concealing the existence of a video recording of the incident in an official report.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office claimed Lavorato destroyed a video recording of the assault and filed a false report that blamed a malfunctioning security camera for the missing footage.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts-prison-officers-arrested

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Good: Massachusetts prison officers who allegedly beat handcuffed inmate, destroyed evidence, are arrested

Good: Massachusetts prison officers who allegedly beat handcuffed inmate, destroyed evidence, are arrested

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