4 guards sentenced in brutal beating death of an incarcerated Black man at New York prison

From left to right, David Walters, Anthony Farina, Michael Mashaw and Nicholas Anzalone are seen on the day they were sentenced, November 21, 2025. WSTM

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on body-worn camera videos were each sentenced Friday to prison terms.

The four had pleaded guilty in September, just two weeks before the start of the trial for a group of guards accused in the death of Robert Brooks, who was pummeled while handcuffed at the Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9. The beating of the restrained 43-year-old man triggered outrage and calls for reform.

Nicholas Anzalone and Anthony Farina, who both had faced a top charge of murder before pleading guilty to a