3 Police Convicted in N.Y. Abuse Case
NEW YORK — Three white police officers were convicted Monday of a cover-up in the attack on a Haitian immigrant brutalized with a broken broomstick in a station house bathroom.
Former patrolman Charles Schwarz, 34, and Officers Thomas Wiese, 36, and Thomas Bruder, 33, were found guilty of lying to investigators to conceal Schwarz’s role in the 1997 attack on Abner Louima, who suffered severe internal injuries.
The officers’ convictions carry up to five years in prison. No sentencing date was set.
Schwarz also could get life in prison for his 1999 conviction on charges of holding down a handcuffed Louima as fellow Officer Justin Volpe attacked him.
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