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Beating covered up at Angola

A former major at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola admitted Thursday in Baton Rouge federal court that he falsified records to obstruct a federal investigation of an inmate beating by other officers.

Kevin L. Groom Sr., 45, a former major at Angola, also pleaded guilty to a charge that he made a false statement to FBI agents investigating the beating.

“This investigation is ongoing,” U.S. Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. said after Groom entered his guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge James J. Brady. “It is open.”

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