Police: Corrections Officer Assaulted With Homemade Weapon at SCI Forest

Aly Delp

Aly Delp

Published November 13, 2021 5:45 am
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JENKS TWP., Pa. (EYT) — Police say a corrections officer was injured after being assaulted with a homemade weapon at SCI Forest on Tuesday.

According to Marienville-based State Police, the incident happened around 11:52 a.m. on Tuesday, November 9, at the SCI Forest facility in Jenks Township, Forest County.

Police say a known suspect injured a corrections officer, identified as a 49-year-old Marienville man, with a homemade sharp-edged weapon at the facility.

The corrections officer suffered several non-life threatening lacerations to his face and neck, according to police.

Related charges are pending.

The suspect’s name was not released.

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