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The three guards ― Mathew Galliher, Nicholas Kieffer and David Kingsley ― are accused of joining a group of guards who beat Robert L. Brooks on the night of Dec. 9, 2024 at Marcy Correctional Facility. Brooks died at a Utica hospital.
A jury returned not guilty verdicts against two of the former correction officers charged in the fatal beating of Robert L. Brooks; a third was found guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter.