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Guest post by Jason Grossman
A Rikers Island Corrections officer was stabbed 15 times in the Ann M. Cross Center on Monday by an inmate named Dennis Applewhite AKA Dennis Fredricks. The suspect is currently on Riker’s Island awaiting trial on a murder charge from 2021.
Dennis is accused of repeatedly stabbing the officer in the back of the head. The Officer is listed in stable condition after the attack.
According to the Corrections Officers Benevolent Association, the officer was working in the protective custody unit when he was attacked