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Yakima inmate charged with assaulting guard
By yakimaherald.com- Donald W. Meyers
Published: 03/31/2016

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A Yakima man whose fight with a jail guard was captured on video is scheduled to be arraigned April 7.

Julian Juarez, 22, was charged Monday with third-degree assault after authorities say he attacked Yakima County Department of Corrections Officer Garrett Goettsch on March 5 at the jail.

Security video, obtained through a Public Records Act request, appears to show corrections officers kicking and punching Juarez after he was shocked with an electric stun gun.

Scott Himes, the jail’s security operations chief, said the actions were justified as Juarez was still resisting officers.

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