Otero County jail inmate allegedly choked, threatened to kill another inmate in separate attack, just weeks before ‘bloody’ jail cell altercation, attempted murder - La Junta Tribune-Democrat

Otero County jail inmate allegedly choked, threatened to kill another inmate in separate attack, just weeks before ‘bloody’ jail cell altercation, attempted murder - La Junta Tribune-Democrat

Camera was blocked with ‘wet toilet paper’ during assault, as audio continued running La Junta Tribune-DemocratT’Naus Nieto Newly acquired records show that David Joseph Hernandez Jr., 33, who was charged with attempted first-degree murder for a “bloody” Aug. 4 altercation and beating of a fellow inmate at the Otero County Detention Center, allegedly assaulted and hospitalized a separate victim just weeks before the previously reported incident.…