A Virginia inmate is facing two felony charges related to an attack on a correctional officer at Nottoway Correctional Center.
Hunter Dale Lee Runion, 28, was indicted Tuesday by a Nottoway County grand jury and charged with malicious wounding and assault of a correctional officer.
The attack occurred on the morning of Feb.15. Runion repeatedly struck the officer on his head and face using the officer’s handheld radio.
The officer was treated for injuries at a local hospital.
Runion told special agents he was upset that the officer was going to seek an institutional infraction against him for an earlier incident where he reportedly pushed the officer in the face.
“Attacks on our corrections professionals will never be tolerated, and we will always seek prosecution to the fullest extent of the law,” said Chad Dotson, Virginia Department of Corrections director. “I wish the officer involved in this despicable assault the best in his recovery.”
Runion’s prosecution is pending in Nottoway County Circuit Court.
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