By C1 Staff
RACINE, Wis. — A violent attack on a Racine County correctional officer was caught on surveillance footage.
Deonte Anderson, 17, was booked into the holding area on an armed robbery charge Oct. 17 when he turned and punched the CO in the face, WISN reported.
“For unknown reasons and as a surprise to my staff he turned and it became very violent very quickly,” Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling told the station.
The CO’s partner and other officers rushed to detain Anderson, but he became uncontrollable and had to be placed in a restraint chair until he calmed down, according to officials.
“My officers very quickly reacted and brought him down and arrested him, and just to look back at this it underscores just how dangerous a job these correctional officers have each and every day,” Schmaling said.
Schmaling told the station the CO was taken to the hospital, but returned to work last Wednesday.