Six Officers Taken to Hospital For Injuries
Marcy , NY – Six officers sustained injuries at Mid-State Correctional Facility when an inmate armed with a makeshift weapon first threatened officers, then physically assaulted them.
The incident occurred on the morning of Tuesday, May 8 as two officers were conducting a search of an inmate and his living quarters. The inmate initially complied with officers’ orders to face the wall to be frisked, but suddenly turned and pulled a metal ice pick-type weapon from his waistband. FULL PRESS RELEASE