New York Post

‘ Jail- slay’ guard is all alone

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The ex-Rikers Island guard arrested last week in the kicking death of an inmate has been in solitary confinemen­t ever since because no one will cosign a bond to free him, prosecutor­s said Wednesday.

And some relatives of Brian Coll, including his wife and father, have restrainin­g orders against him.

“The defendant talks about ties to the community, but ties to the community are individual­s to whom he had orders of protection against, which I guess don’t really count as a tie,” noted Manhattan federal Judge Gabriel Gorenstein, who lowered Coll’s bail from $ 500,000 to $ 200,000.

Coll, 45, and current guard Byron Taylor were charged with six counts, including conspiracy and lying to a grand jury, in the 2012 death of restrained prisoner Ronald Spear, 52. Antonio Antenucci and Josh Saul

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