ACCOMAC, Va. (AP) — Six inmates face charges stemming from an attack on another prisoner at the Accomack County Jail.
Police tell media outlets that 36-year-old Bonfilio Velazquez was assaulted in his cell on Labor Day. Velazquez is being held at the jail on charges stemming from a wreck on the Eastern Shore that killed three people.
Velazquez’s alleged attackers have been charged with malicious wounding by mob.
The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office identified the inmates as 38-year-old William Nelson, 25-year-old Rynell Omar Crippen, 39-year-old Dalbert Nedab Jr., 20-year-old Lamonty Demetris Johnson, 24-year-old Rhyheem Rashawn Ridley and 42-year-old Christopher Antonio Smith.
Sheriff Todd Godwin says the investigation is continuing.
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