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| Inmate charged with stabbing prison officers |
| By Bend.com |
| Published: 01/17/2005 |
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A 23-year-old former Deschutes County (Ore.) transient, now an inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, was arraigned Friday in Marion County Circuit Court following a secret indictment and an Oregon State Police investigation into last fall's stabbing of two correctional officers with a homemade knife. Michael John Ivester was arraigned on two counts of attempted aggravated murder, possession of a weapon by an inmate, and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. OSP detectives investigated an incident that occurred on Sept. 15 at around noon, when two security staff members at the penitentiary were stabbed by an inmate identified as Ivester. The incident took place on the control room floor at the maximum-security prison in Salem. Inmates cross the common area to get to their housing units from other parts of the prison where they work and attend programs. Ivester is alleged to have used a homemade knife to stab correctional Lt. Garry Russell twice. Fellow Officer Mark Taylor went to assist and was stabbed once while restraining the inmate. Both security staff members were transported to Salem Hospital for treatment. Both have returned to work since recovering from their injuries. "This indictment is proof that the Department of Corrections will actively pursue prosecution against any inmate where staff are assaulted," said Michael Yoder, Oregon State Penitentiary public information officer. The new charges based upon the indictment are felonies, two of which are Ballot Measure 11 offenses carrying a minimum sentence of 120 months each. Ivester entered custody of the Department of Corrections on Dec. 12, 2002. He is serving consecutive sentences from Deschutes County that total almost 25 years for first-degree robbery, kidnapping and assault, and two counts of third-degree assault in the brutal kidnap, beating and robbery of a Sunriver-area man. His next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 26. |
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