Inmate attacked at Rockland County Jail

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NEW CITY – A Wesley Hills man has been arrested on several charges after a violent attack on a corrections officer at the Rockland County Jail.

Sheriff Louis Falco III said Israel Simon Gourion, 31, an inmate at the jail in New City, refused to return to his cell at around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday and attacked the officer.

Gourion placed the officer in a choke hold, intending to stop his breathing. The attack was stopped by another inmate who came to the officer’s aid, until additional correction officers were able to respond and gain control of Gourion.

Gourion was arrested on Friday and charged with attempted murder in the first degree because the attack involved a corrections officer, assault, and strangulation.

Gourion was arraigned before Clarkstown Town Justice Scott Ugell and remanded back to the correctional facility on $250,000 bail.




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