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Leader of Brutal Beating Of CO Given 10 Years

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 4/1/19

The ringleader among four Rikers Island inmates who severely beat a Correction Officer at Rikers Island last year was sentenced March 27 to 10 years in prison, the Bronx District Attorney said.

The assault left Correction Officer Jean Roston Souffrant with a fractured spinal column after being set upon by the quartet inside the George Motchan Detention Center in February 2018.

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