Associated Press
NEW YORK — A Rikers Island inmate is charged with attacking three correction officers last month, including one who was slashed with a scalpel.
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark says Matthew Whittington had a court appearance Thursday on a variety of indictment charges.
The officer who was slashed required 16 stitches. A second officer was knocked unconscious, and a third had his head smashed against a cell door.
Clark says jailhouse violence won’t be tolerated.
Whittington’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to a message requesting comment.
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