Coffer
ALBANY – A former Attica state prison inmate, who is now housed
in Southport Correctional Facility in Pine City, has been charged with
attempted murder and other crimes in connection with a stabbing while
he was confined in Attica Correctional Facility.
Inmate Dominick Coffer, 21, was committed to state prison in October 2014
on a conviction for the crime of criminal possession of a weapon while
in the City of Poughkeepsie.
He was one of four men who were stopped in a vehicle by Dutchess Sheriff’s
deputies on September 21, 2013. A loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun reported
stolen from North Carolina was found in his possession.
Coffer allegedly attacked another inmate at Attica on April 22. The victim
suffered several stab wounds and was hospitalized.
Coffer was also charged with felony assault, criminal possession of a
weapon and promoting prison contraband, all as felonies.
