St. Cloud Times
ELK RIVER, Minn. — A 24-year-old inmate at Sherburne County Jail is accused of attacking a correctional officer Monday, sending the officer to the hospital with serious injuries, according to Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott.
Hakeem Alexander Coles attacked the 50-year-old correctional officer at 11:33 a.m. Monday in a housing unit. The officer walked by Coles, who was on the phone, when Coles attacked him from behind by striking him on the head.
The officer fell to the ground and Coles continued to assault the officer, striking him multiple times in the head. Other officers intervened and detained Coles.
In an interview after the assault, Coles “said he hadn’t had any previous contact with the officer he assaulted and said he had a hatred for all law enforcement,” according to Brott.
Coles is a U.S. Marshal’s inmate being held in Sherburne County on federal first-degree aggravated robbery charges. He could face federal charges of assaulting a correctional officer, Brott stated.
The correctional officer, a 16-year-employee of the jail, is expected to make a full recovery, according to Brott.