Utica, N.Y. — Four state corrections officers pleaded guilty Monday in a Utica courtroom in the fatal beating of an inmate last year at a Central New York prison.

The corrections officers had been scheduled to go on trial in two weeks alongside their co-defendants in the death of Robert L. Brooks, 43, of the Rochester area.

The four men who pleaded guilty are:

Nicholas Anzalone. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. He had been indicted for second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing.

Anthony Farina. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. He had been indicted for second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter.

Sgt. Michael Mashaw. He pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter. He had been indicted f

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