|
|
| Pennsylvania prison guard dies of injuries in alleged attack over towel |
| By ydr.com- Mark Scolforo |
| Published: 02/27/2018 |
|
A Pennsylvania prison guard who confiscated a towel blocking a view of an inmate's bunk and was attacked died of his injuries Monday, the first state correctional officer to be killed by a prisoner in nearly 40 years, corrections officials said. Sgt. Mark Baserman, 61, was punched repeatedly and kicked in the head Feb. 15 by inmate Paul Jawon Kendrick, who was serving a life sentence for murder at the state prison in Somerset, the officials said. "The minute we learned of this unprovoked, brutal attack on Sgt. Baserman and another officer who came to his aid our hearts sank," Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said in a statement. "We are greatly saddened by Sgt. Baserman's death and our thoughts are with his family at this time." Kendrick was arraigned Monday on assault charges in the alleged attack on Baserman and a second guard. Officials said Kendrick has been transferred to another prison. He did not have a defense attorney listed in court records. Read More. |
Comments:
Login to let us know what you think
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
How have your spirits been while under quarantine for COVID-19? We are hopefully halfway through this pandemic’s impact on our economy. It has been a difficult road for us all. It has taught us about our better-and worse-natures. Hamilton Philip Lindley explains how it has impacted his family and work life balance in this latest blog article about how to invest time that we’ve been given to make ourselves better than when we began.