By Kelly Rocheleau
The Citizen
AUBURN, N.Y. — A man has been indicted on felony charges for allegedly attacking and injuring Auburn Correctional Facility officers two years ago.
Nashane A. Peterkin, 26, attacked several officers while he was being admitted to the prison’s medical unit on July 9, 2023, New York State Police Public Information Officer Lynnea Crane told The Citizen in an email.
Peterkin tried to choke a sergeant, punched an officer in the face and bit another officer’s thumb, “causing significant injury,” Crane said. Two officers were treated at Auburn Community Hospital and later released. Two others were evaluated by the facility’s medical staff, with no reported injuries.
Following an investigation by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation from the state police’s Auburn station and collaboration with the Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office , Peterkin was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of second-degree assault (a Class D felony).
He was transported on June 13 from Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus to the state police barracks in Auburn and was processed without incident, Crane said. Peterkin was then returned to the custody of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision .
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