Jefferson County inmate faces charges after alleged hospital struggle
A Jefferson County inmate faces new charges after authorities said she attacked a corrections officer and tried to take the officer’s gun during a hospital visit Aug. 15.
By the ClickNNY North Country Desk
Brooklynn M. Batsford, 23, faces new charges after authorities said she attacked a corrections officer and attempted to take the officer’s gun during a hospital visit on Aug. 15.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said Batsford was taken by ambulance to Samaritan Medical Center after a reported medical emergency at the Jefferson County Jail. Two corrections officers escorted her, authorities said.
Reported by ClickNNY and reviewed by an editor before publication.
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