Peninsula Inmate Convicted Of Attacking Jail Guards In 2014

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA – A San Mateo County Jail inmate was found guilty Thursday of running out of his cell and assaulting jail guards in 2014, prosecutors said.

Miguel Angel Cisneros, a 30-year-old San Bruno resident, was convicted by a San Mateo County Superior Court jury of felony assault on officers, misdemeanor obstructing an officer and misdemeanor assault on a
custodial officer, according to the district attorney's office.

Cisneros is an inmate at Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City and on the morning of Dec. 3, 2014, he made suicidal comments so jail staff moved him into a safety cell, prosecutors said.

Later that day, a guard heard screaming coming from the cell and approached the cell with two other guards. As they opened the cell door, Cisneros charged out while naked and ran at one of the guards, prosecutors
said.

The guard was unable to subdue Cisneros, but other jail staff were able to get him into handcuffs after a struggle that lasted about three minutes with him swinging his arms and kicking at them, prosecutors said.

An intake sergeant at the jail suffered a swollen right eye, but his injury was not permanent, according to the district attorney's office.

The jury found Cisneros guilty after a four-day trial. He was due back in court Friday morning for a trial on his previous convictions.

He had been arrested in March 2014 following a carjacking in San Mateo. A patrol sergeant recognized the victim's description of the suspect's tattoo from a recent police flyer.

Authorities eventually found Cisneros near a hotel in San Bruno with the victim's wallet, phone and gold chain in his possession, while the car was found on Skyline Drive in Daly City, San Mateo police said.

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