An employee from the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City was critically injured after an alleged assault Monday, April 10 at 12:30 p.m. CT.
Detectives with the Indiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division Lowell Post were called to the scene where a preliminary investigation revealed that inmates where working in the steel shop when an argument took place between an inmate and a civilian employee, according to the report. Police say the disagreement turned physical when the suspect struck a supervisor on the head with a steel pipe.
The victim was flown to an area hospital where he underwent emergency treatment and remains in critical condition.
The inmate, 39-year-old Jeremy W. Davidson, of Logansport, was immediately taken into custody and has been transferred from the state prison to another facility. Davidson is currently serving a sentence for multiple counts of child molesting with a release date in the year 2192.
This investigation is ongoing. Charges will be determined by the LaPorte County Prosecutor pending the outcome of the investigation.
Suspects are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
