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News
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1/15/00
Guards Plead Guilty in
Beating Death
Two guards at the Nassau
County Jail in New York pled guilty this week in the fatal beating death
of Thomas Pizzuto last January. Pizzuto, a recovering heroin addict serving
90 days for traffic violations, had repeatedly called out for his methadone.
Guard Edward Velazquez admitted this week that he and guard Patrick Regnier
went to the cell to "quiet him down and use unreasonable force if necessary.
The pleas come a week after a third guard, Ivano Bavaro, admitted to being
a lookout, pleading guilty to witness tampering and conspiracy.
Scott Family to Get $5
Million Settlement for Shooting Death
An agreement has been reached
between the state of California, the county of Los Angeles and the family
of Donald P. Scott that will give Scott’s family $5 million in compensation
for his death at the hands of police. Scott, a 61 year-old millionaire,
was shot dead in his home by agents of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Office as they executed a no-knock warrant looking for marijuana. No drugs
were ever found on the property, and a subsequent investigation by Ventura
County District Attorney Michael Bradbury concluded that the warrant was
secured with false information. "Clearly one of the primary purposes was
a land grab by the Sheriff’s Department," he told reporters.
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