One Officer Sustains Fractured Cheekbone and Concussion
Collins , NY – A 35 year old inmate serving a nine year sentence for assault and attempted robbery, violently attacked staff at the medium security correctional facility, sending three officers to local hospitals and one officer to a urgent care for their injuries.
The attack occurred on Friday morning of June 9th. An officer was observing inmates leaving the mess hall after breakfast. He asked one inmate to produce his state issue ID. The inmate refused to produce his ID for the officer and suddenly punched the officer in the left side of the face. A second officer immediately grabbed the inmate in a body hold. The inmate violently resisted and spun out of the body hold and punched the second officer in the face, knocking him to the ground. FULL PRESS RELEASE