Robert Brooks allegedly died at the hands of New York State Corrections employees — and even more shockingly, some of the officers are raking in hefty six-figure salaries… TMZ has learned.
According to a preliminary autopsy report, Brooks – an inmate at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York – died of asphyxia due to neck compression during the Dec. 10 attack by guards and other prison staff.
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Bodycam footage worn by staff showed the violent attack on Brooks in prison, in which the inmate was brutally beaten while bound and gagged. Before his death, Brooks was serving a 12-year prison sentence after being convicted of aggravated assault.
According to state employee compensation records obtained by TMZ…eight of the fourteen Department of Corrections employees take home six-figure salaries, while the rest rake in between $70,000 and $89,000.
In 2022 or 2023, the annual income data reveals Sergeant Glenn Trombly earned $149,185; officer David Kingsley II snagged $147,745; officer Matthew Galliher took in $114,375; sergeant Michael Marshaw $105,672 raised; officer Christopher Walrath received $113,969; officer Nicholas Kieffer earned $118,151; officer Anthony Farina received $142,528; and nurse Kyle Dashnaw was compensated $110,087.
The other six corrections employees are paid less than $100,000 but still earn quite well. Here is the list of salaries of these officials in 2023: Nicholas Anzalone ($87,028), Robert Kessler ($89,248), Michael Fischer ($85,143), Michael along ($88,333), Shea Schoff ($87,276) and David Walters ($70,423).
A spokesperson for the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision tells TMZ … 13 of the employees have been suspended without pay and Farina has resigned.
Now governor of New York Kathy Hochul has instructed the corrections commissioner, Daniel F. Martuscelloto begin laying off prison employees who are still active.