MidHudson News
WOODBOURNE — A prisoner serving an 11 year sentence at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility for first-degree robbery in New York City has been charged with assaulting a corrections officer at the medium security prison.
Nesto Romero, 27, has been in prison since July 2, 2008 and is eligible for parole in December 2015.
A spokeswoman for the State Department of Correctional Services said when the officer was preparing to escort Romero out of a dormitory area at noon on Monday he noticed a bulge in a one of his socks during a pat frisk. At that point, Romero turned and struck the officer on the right side of the head causing redness to his ear.
A second officer responded and Romero was placed on a bed. Two other CO’s and a sergeant responded and the officers found 24 pills on him, 12 in each sock.
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