An inmate at SCI Pine Grove in White Township has been charged with aggravated assault by a prisoner for an incident yesterday morning that left four corrections officers injured.
State police say 27-year-old Jeremy Smith of Stroudsburg got into a fight with the four guards at about 6:45 yesterday morning in the prison’s kitchen area. One of the officers suffered a severe laceration to his skull. Another suffered a head injury of unknown severity. The other two guards suffered minor to moderate injuries. All of the corrections officers are men.
Smith is serving a sentence of 36 to 84 months in prison for a guilty plea to felony criminal trespass in a Monroe County burglary committed in July of 2014. He’s charged with eight new felony offenses, four each for aggravated assault and assault by a prisoner.
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