A former guard at the Westmoreland County Jail pleaded guilty to his part in assaulting an inmate.
The Trib reports that 26-year-old Brian J. Prinkey was working at the jail in August of 2022 when prosecutors say he conspired with two other jail guards to beat a prisoner in his cell. Prinkey pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit simple assault and official oppression. He will remain free on bond until his sentencing in three months.
The other guards, Vincent T. Green of New Kensington and Nicholas Haynes of Mt. Pleasant pleaded guilty last year to simple assault for their roles in the attack and were sentenced to serve just less than one to two years in jail.
Comments