Utica, N.Y. — A former sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday to assault in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this year at a Central New York prison.
Francis Chandler Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree gang assault. He was promised a sentence of four years in state prison.
Chandler had been indicted on the assault charge, as well as second-degree manslaughter, two counts of fifth-degree conspiracy, first-degree offering of a false instrument and tampering with evidence…