A New Jersey sheriff died in an apparent suicide in a restaurant following mass layoffs and charges against his fellow officers over the beating of an inmate.
Three correctional officers at Passaic County are charged for retaliating against an inmate who splashed urine on one of them, according to prosecutors.
The sheriff of Passaic County, New Jersey, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday, according to law enforcement sources, one week after the department was embroiled in turmoil including layoffs and charges against officers accused of beating an inmate.