Crime & Safety
Prison Sentence For Assault Of County Correction Officer
Police said he refused to comply with orders and proceeded to fight the officer.
A Yonkers man will be going to prison for assaulting a Westchester County correction officer in the county jail. Westchester DA Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Thursday Paul Overton, 36, of Yonkers, was convicted in January by a jury of second-degree assault, a felony.
Overton will serve five years in state prison followed by five years post-release supervision.
Police said, on July 19, 2017, Overton assaulted a correction officer at the Westchester County Jail.
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After failing to comply with numerous lawful orders, he intentionally caused injury to the officer by punching, biting and struggling with him.
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