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15 charged in January prison riot in Shirley

TheSouza-Baranowski Correctional Center.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff, file

Fifteen current and former inmates of the state’s maximum-security prison in Shirley have been indicted on charges stemming from a riot there in January, Worcester County prosecutors said Tuesday.

Each of the 15 men faces five charges: malicious destruction of property over $250, vandalism, disturbing a correctional institution, injury to a building during unlawful assembly, and injury to the property of a correctional institution.

They are to be arraigned in Worcester Superior Court at a future date, the Worcester district attorney’s office said in a statement.

The men were charged in a Jan. 9 riot at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in which, officials say, extensive damage was done to property. For three hours, prisoners were in control of a cellblock in what officials said was one of the largest prison riots in recent state history. Guards injected pepper spray into the unit, allowing them to reenter the cellblock and lock up the prisoners, the Globe reported.

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Those charged are: Edwin Marrero, 24; Chad Hickey, 33; John Campbell, 32; Julio Leiva, 29; Luis Robles, 29; Jason Mullen, 37; Alexander Soto, 23; Eugenio Rivera, 31; John Walker, 25; Vincent Dzierwinski, 29; Thomas Tibbetts, 24; Manuel Eusebio, 38; Tyler Bassett, 30; Brendon Cain, 23; and Elizer Cruz, 28.