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Wake County inmate accused of assaulting detention officer
Jonathon Courtney is charged with assault on government official and assault by strangulation.
Posted 2021-01-20T18:35:09+00:00 - Updated 2021-01-20T18:35:09+00:00
By Sydney Franklin , WRAL multiplatform producer
A inmate is facing additional charges after authorities said he choked an officer.
Jonathon Courtney is charged with assault on a government official and assault by strangulation.
The incident happened at the John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m.
Investigators said Courtney summoned a detention officer to a pod door and attempted to choke him.
The officer was able to break free.
Courtney and the officer had minor injuries from the incident.