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June 24, 2008

 

 


State prison inmate indicted for attacking guard

GOSHEN – A prisoner at the Mid-Orange State Correctional Facility in Warwick has been indicted by an Orange County grand jury on charges that he attacked a prison guard.

William Coleman, 32, is alleged to have attacked the prison guard in January, said District Attorney Frank Phillips.

“It’s alleged that on January 22, 2008 he assaulted a corrections officer, Fernando Dos Santos, with a metal chair,” he said. It is also alleged that he caused injury to the guard.

Coleman remains in the custody of the state Correctional Services Division.