Four more former Mid-State prison officers sentenced for the death of Messiah Nantwi
Four more former Mid-State correction officers were sentenced Wednesday morning in the March 2025 beating death of Messiah Nantwi, an incarcerated individual at the medium-security state prison. Oneida County Court Judge Michael Nolan sentenced Caleb Blair, who previously pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, to an 11-year prison sentence. Joshua Bartlett received a total of three years in jail for his guilty plea to first-degree hindering prosecution and first-degree falsifying business records, along with forceable touching from another case . Craig Klemick will serve nine months in Oneida County Jail. He had pleaded guilty to offering a false instrument for filing. Nathan Palmer was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge. He had cooperated with the prosecution and served as a key witness in the Jonah Levi trial . Levi, who had declined an offer to plead guilty to second-degree murder, received a maximum 25 years in prison at sente...
