By Ken de la Bastide
The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind.
PENDLETON, Ind. — An inmate serving a 105-year prison sentence for murder has been charged with attempted murder after an officer at the Pendleton Correctional facility was stabbed inside the prison.
D’Drea D. Bostic, 27, was charged with felony attempted murder and possession of a dangerous device. If convicted of attempted murder, he could face an additional 40 years in prison.
The probable cause affidavit alleges that Bostic stabbed an officer several times.
Documents detail how backup was called about 11 a.m. on July 12, 2024, to Pendleton’s H Cell House for an emergency. Crews arrived to find a corrections officer restraining Bostic on the ground with a stun gun pointed at him.
The officer, reportedly, was bleeding from his head and neck, the apparent result of multiple stab wounds. He was taken to an Indianapolis -area hospital for treatment.
Security footage from inside the prison showed Bostic approach the officer from behind and make “several stabbing motions” while holding a weapon toward the officer’s upper body, according to the affidavit. A sharpened piece of metal was later found on the floor, the affidavit noted.
Court documents describe how Bostic could be seen on security video grabbing the weapon off the floor before the stabbing. The inmate who dropped the knife for Bostic to pick up could later be heard saying, “The police just caught a straight neck from my boy,” police reported.
While being detained after the incident, Bostic, reportedly, yelled at officers.
“I just snapped, man,” the inmate is quoted as saying. “He was calling me all kinds of names and being disrespectful. I just couldn’t take it anymore!”
Investigators later spoke with the officer, who said that Bostic had approached him asking for a health care request form. The officer said that when he turned to get the form, he felt a sharp pain in his head and neck that occurred at least six times.
A doctor who treated the officer said that if the stab had been a few inches over, the officer’s spine would have been hit, the affidavit reported. The officer received six stitches and told investigators he feared for his life during the incident.
Bostic is an inmate at the Pendleton Correctional facility on a 105-year sentence for a murder/robbery case in St. Joseph County.
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