By Mike North
Merced Sun-star
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. — A celebration for Sheriff Mark Pazin commemorating 30 years of service to the county was cut short Tuesday morning by a brutal inmate assault on a correctional officer at the county’s Main Jail.
The officer was taking 35-year-old Abel Ambrocio to the courthouse from the jail about 10 a.m. when, according to Pazin, the inmate turned and punched her in the mouth. The officer was knocked to the ground.
The attack happened about the same time several department officials were on hand at the County Administration Building to see Pazin awarded a 30-year service pin by the Board of Supervisors.
An ambulance was called to treat the correctional officer, who suffered a possible dislocated wrist and shoulder, Pazin said. Her lip was split and will probably need stitches. A male correctional officer also was injured while trying to subdue Ambrocio, and was treated for a right arm injury.
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