A prison inmate in Newtown has been charged for assaulting a correction officer. State police were called to Garner Correctional Institution last Thursday on a report of an assault.
23-year old Christopher Schuetz has been charged with three counts of 1st degree assault on a Department of Correction employee, which is a felony count. The high security prison inmate has also been charged with one count of disorderly conduct.
The man serving a four month probation violation sentence pleaded not guilty to the new charges. He will be back in Danbury Superior Court on October 5th.
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