TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - State prison officials say an officer at a North Carolina prison has been attacked by an inmate.
Jerry Higgins with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety said in a news release that the attack occurred Saturday night at the Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville.
Higgins said Richard Lennox punched the officer, who was taken to a medical facility outside the prison and was evaluated and released.
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Higgins says the attack happened in a hallway near a housing area when Lennox refused the officer’s orders.
There were no other injuries.
Higgins says prison officials will pursue assault charges against Lennox.
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