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W. Va. inmate accused of attacking CO

The corrections officer suffered multiple lacerations to the right side of his face and was taken to a hospital

By C1 Staff

MARTINSBURG, W. Va. — Inmate Jeremy Allen Billings is facing charges of beating a corrections officer who ordered him to put on a shirt.

He is charged with felony malicious assault on a government representative, according to the SFGate.

The corrections officer suffered multiple lacerations to the right side of his face and was taken to a hospital. He remains unidentified.

Another corrections officer in a tower viewing the area said Billings hit the victim multiple times with his fist and with the victim’s radio.