A grand jury indicted a former state Department of Corrections officer on charges that he falsely accused an inmate of possessing a weapon, assaulted the inmate, then filed a false report about the incident.
Prosecutors said the defendant is Daniel Petoia, a 34-year-old from Manahawkin, New Jersey. The incident occurred on December 20, 2024, at New Jersey State Prison on Cass Street in Trenton.
“It is critical that corrections officers adhere to the law while performing their difficult, essential work in our criminal justice system,” Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said in a release. “The State cannot and will not look the other way when incarcerated individuals are assaulted without justification by those who should be upholding and enforcing the law.”…