-1 of 3- Orriciat Recorp FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION iewed uthern Dis New York Present ew were t the MET New 2019 to July 26, rked the at and Friday were inmat not regular counts like — knew from ding to a. there were 96 inmates in in jail. nt happened, — didn't remem i by Offi when (guy), called the because he c, New Date drafted ee This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBL. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your EFTA00141109

--=PAGE_BREAK=--

FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9O0A-NY-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of (U) Interview of FREDERICO RANCIER- (On 08/15/2019 page 2 Of 3 WM stated that other inmates would yell things at the guy and that Officers would said things about him, making fun of him. For example, the Officers would say that he could buy his freedom. | recalled that the guy would always be with his lawyers and this would hold up other inmates from seeing their attorneys. | also recalled that the guy's cellmate used to be a police officer. The incident happened around 1:20am-1:30am. There had been no inmate check at midnight. | was reading a book when he heard a commotion. The guy's cellmate was screaming and banging on the cell door to get the SHU Officers' attention. | could only see the guy's cell door and could not see in the cell. It took Officer | | (phonetic) about five minutes to get to the guy's cell but then Officer J turned back around to go get the key to the cell. Officer | | came back with a Lieutenant and two other Officers. | described the Lieutenant as middle-aged, white complexion and one of the Officers as black, 6'3", and 260-270 lbs. The Officers opened the cell door and paid attention to the guy's bunkie first. They handcuffed the bunkie and put him inside the shower area. Then | heard a big thump like something had hit the floor. He could see the guy's hands stretched out and then saw the Officers pull the guy out of the cell facedown. The guy, only wearing underwear, looked dead due to his skin having a blue tone. The Officers did not administer CPR, they were just looking at the guy. There was no doctor around. The Officers put something that resembled a stretcher on the floor and dropped the guy, who was already cuffed, hard onto the stretcher facedown. At that point, all the inmates started screaming and hitting doors. The Officers then flipped the guy over, dropping him again hard on the stretcher that was on the floor. The Officers and Lieutenant then took the guy away. A while later, around 2:10am-2:1l5am, the Officers and Lieutenant returned and took the cellmate out of the cell again. They then started to clean the cell. | stated that the Lieutenant had a video camera with her, but had it turned in toward her leg to where the view of the camera would not be that of the cell. WM stated that he saw two orange socks and an orange towel that were tied together taken out of the cell. Once the cell had been cleaned out, the Lieutenant turned the video camera to where the view of the cell would be recorded. | said that according to the guy's cellmate, the cellmate EFTA00141110

--=PAGE_BREAK=--

FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of {U) ,On was sleeping when the guy tried to kill hi elf by hanging himself from the ladder of the bed. The cellmate said that he thought the guy had died. FY didn't see the guy come back to the SHU before | left on July 26. He heard that the guy was put on suicide watch after the incident. the SHU. gs changed started bringing books to inmates and inmates didn't have to wait more checks with ake a phone call. The Officers started doing flashlights. | specifically remembered the Officers doing the 12am and 5am inmate . He would usually be asleep during the 3:< | was shown a picture of Officer Ha. f sé a little f id that she looked sture of Officer a. | stated that | worked in the SHU but was not there the night of the i miliar but was not there the night of the incident then shown a pic ident. EFTA00141111