Bail denied for Brooklyn corrections officer accused of abusing female inmates
A federal court judge in Brooklyn denied a second request for bail on Wednesday in the case of a federal corrections officer accused of allegedly sexually abusing and threatening female prisoners at the Brooklyn federal facility.
Eugenio Perez, a 46-year-old lieutenant at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, was back in court on Wednesday in an attempt to be released from prison on bail. However, Judge Kiyo Matsumoto wasn’t having it.
“I am concerned there would be an issue whether or not he would return, or be motivated to flee,” said Matsumoto. “This man was a corrections officer for many years and he does have a community within the [Metropolitan Detention Center] who might remain loyal to him … I don’t believe a home detention with electronic and cellphone monitoring would be enough.”
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