Statements that a correction officer made to investigators looking into whether he assaulted a visitor to Rikers Island may be used to prosecute him despite his objections to how and where he was interrogated, a state judge has decided.
Acting Bronx Supreme Court Justice Steven Barrett (See Profile) concluded that although the formal process for city Department of Investigation (DOI) interviews of employees was not followed during the questioning of Gregory Grabowski, the judge could not find any authority stating there was only one way for the DOI to conduct investigatory interviews.
