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Inmate arrested for assaulting a Charlotte Correctional officer
By fox4now.com
Published: 05/25/2018

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. --- A Charlotte County inmate is arrested for attacking a correctional officer on Wednesday. According to the Florida Department of Corrections' Office of the Inspector General, inmate, Omar Bleechington, struck the correctional officer in the face at Charlotte Correctional Institute. According to a police report, the incident happened in the cafeteria when the officer told the inmate not to pick up an extra meal tray. Investigators say Bleechington proceeded to pick up another tray prompting the officer to take it away from him and instructing Bleechington to leave the cafeteria. Bleechington struck the officer with a closed fist on the side of the face causing the officer to fall to the floor, bleeding from the head.The inmate was subdued by staff and the officer was treated at Bayfront Medical Center Hospital for injuries.

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