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.