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EX-COP GETS FIVE YEARS IN TORTURE CASE The Associated Press, as Reported by Las Vegas Review-Journal, 09-22-02, P. 16A NEW YORK - A former police officer was sentenced to five years in prison Saturday night in a last-minute deal that avoided a fourth trial on charges he lied about the torture of a Haitian immigrant in a precinct bathroom. U.S. District Judge Reena Raggi sentenced Charles Schwarz to five years in prison for perjury. In exchange, prosecutors dropped outstanding civil rights charges and a second perjury count. Schwarz, 36, was scheduled to stand trial for a fourth time beginning Monday for his part in the attack on Abner Louima inside the bathroom of a Brooklyn police precinct. Prosecutors had alleged that Schwarz held Louima down while fellow officer Justin Volpe sodomized the man with a broken broomstick. Schwarz denied being inside the 70th Precinct bathroom. Volpe pleaded guilty and is serving a 30-year sentence. WORKING TOGETHER TO ATTAIN FAIRNESS | ||
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