Defendant Beat Another Inmate for Disturbing His Sleep
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Brooklyn man has been sentenced to five years in prison for stomping on an inmate’s head when he was jailed in Rikers Island.
District Attorney Clark said, “While he was incarcerated in Rikers Island, the defendant brutally attacked another inmate who disturbed his sleep. Violence by anyone or against anyone in the jail will not be tolerated.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Eric McKenzie AKA Eric Belmar, 59, of Brooklyn, NY, was sentenced today to five years in prison and three years post release supervision on second-degree Assault by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Tara Collins. The defendant pleaded guilty to that charge on April 7, 2025.
According to the investigation, on December 13, 2021, at approximately 4:40 p.m., the defendant became upset with inmate Jose Matias for being too loud while McKenzie was trying to sleep. McKenzie chased Matias and threw him to the floor, stomped on his neck and head, and kicked and punched him in the head. Matias was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he was put in a medically induced coma. He was transferred to NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue and remained at the facility until February 16, 2022. Matias sustained a brain injury and needed extensive physical rehabilitation.
District Attorney Clark thanked Investigator Walter Holmes, New York City Department of Correction Liaison, Investigator Cecil Phillips, and the Department of Correction’s Intelligence Bureau for their assistance.
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