FISHKILL – A state prisoner, who is currently incarcerated at the Five Points Correctional Facility on an unrelated prison sentence, has been charged with an assault that he allegedly committed while in Fishkill Correctional Facility.
State Police said Robert Whitaker, 59, was charged with felonies of assault and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with his former housing in Dutchess County.
He allegedly poured boiling water on the neck and back of another inmate. The incident took place in the summer of 2014.
Whitaker was arraigned in Town of Fishkill Court and returned to Five Points prison without bail.
He is serving a 25 year to life sentence for a Rockland County murder.
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