WORCESTER – A grand jury in Worcester has issued 109 indictments against 16 inmates at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley.
The charges are related to a January 10 attack inside the prison that left four corrections officers injured. All four were hospitalized and only one has returned to work.
All 16 inmates are charged on a joint venture theory with two counts of assault and battery on a corrections officer. A joint venture theory requires that the prosecutor prove a defendant had knowledge of the intent of the crime and assisted in carrying it out.
Six men are charged with only those two counts of assault and battery on a corrections officer:
- Tabari Muhammed, 28
- Frank Webb, 28
- Marcus Muniz, 25
- Steven Gonzalez, 39
- Israel Perez, 25
- Lennon Dossantos, 25
The other ten men were also charges with additional crimes:
- Jovani Molinari, 23, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot)
- Giovanni Buchanan, 25, aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot)
- Carlos Bastos, 29, aggravated kidnapping
- Elosko Brown, 33, aggravated kidnapping and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot)
- Yamil Narvaez Arroyo, 24, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot)
- Alexander Soto, 26, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (wooden cane)
- Jason Velez Acosta, 29, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot)
- John Mentor, 33, aggravated kidnapping
- Joshua Reyes, 28, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot)
- Pedro Solis, 30, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot)
The Department of Corrections released video of the attack earlier this year, below.
Photo Credit: Massachusetts Department of Corrections/ Facebook
