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North Dakota State Hospital inmate charged with attempted murder
By willistonherald.com- Tom LaVenture
Published: 04/03/2019

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A North Dakota State Hospital patient was charged Monday, April 1, in Southeast Judicial District Court in Jamestown with attacking and attempting to kill a hospital employee last week.

Jason Benefiel, 31, is being held in the Stutsman County Correctional Center where he was charged with Class A felony criminal attempted murder and two counts of Class C felony aggravated assault.

According to court records, the responding North Dakota Highway Patrol officer said the attack occurred at approximately 4:20 p.m. March 29 in a wing of the LaHaug Building. The trooper said the female hospital worker testified that she was cleaning sinks in a men’s bathroom when someone started to choke her from behind and dragged her backward to a hallway. She screamed as the assailant kept striking her and then awoke to see staff around her, the trooper said.

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