Inmate ‘violently’ attacked officers at Garner Correctional Institute: DOC

Inmate ‘violently’ attacked officers at Garner Correctional Institute: DOC

NEWTOWN, Conn. (WTNH) — An inmate stabbed two officers with a makeshift sharpened toothbrush at a correctional facility in Newtown, according to the state Department of Correction (DOC). Officials with the DOC said 35-year-old Joe Baltas of Meriden was being escorted from one part of the facility to another when he "violently" attacked two officers -- stabbing one in the neck and another in the torso with a makeshift sharpened toothbrush. The …

Inmate stabbed 2 correction officers at Garner Correctional Institute: officials

An inmate at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown stabbed two correction officers with a sharpened toothbrush Tuesday morning, according to the state Department of Correction. The department said 35-year-old Joe Baltas, of Meriden, stabbed one correction officer in the neck and another in the torso just before 8:30 a.m. Both correction officers were rushed to a local area hospital, where...