Brooklyn Inmates Beat One Guard And Pepper Spray Two Others: Prosecutors

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Three Brooklyn Detention Center inmates have been accused of beating one guard then dragging him down a flight of stairs as well as spraying two other guards with pepper spray, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced Monday.

Koron Bailey, 30, Gilbert Marcano, 33, and Johnny Williams, 23, allegedly attacked the corrections officers inside the Brooklyn Detention Center at 275 Atlantic Ave. on April 19, 2017 around 12:10 p.m., prosecutors said.

Marcano held one correction officer down as Bailey punched him in the face and body, then followed as Bailey dragged the guard down a flight of metal stairs, prosecutors said.

Williams snatched up the guard’s pepper spray, knife and keys, and when two other correction officer told Williams to hand the items over, Williams shot the pepper spray in their eyes, according to prosecutors.

The three men were being held on pending cases — Bailey has been charged with the murder of 21-year-old in Harlem, Williams with a robbery in Brooklyn and Marcano with criminal contempt in the Bronx.

Bailey and Marcano were arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court Monday on an indictment that includes assault and obstructing governmental administration charges, prosecutors said.

Williams had not been arraigned as of Monday afternoon but all three will face up to seven years in prison if convicted, according to prosecutors.

The three inmates' attorneys were not immediately available to comment.

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