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Not Guilty Pleas By Inmates Charged In Prison Knife Attacks
By: Associated Press
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Two prison inmates charged in separate knife attacks at an Ohio prison that left a guard severely wounded and four prisoners injured have entered not guilty pleas.
Authorities say the four prisoners couldn’t defend themselves during a June 2017 attack because they were handcuffed to a table.
The injured guard, Matthew Matthias, received 32 stab wounds and numerous internal injuries in an
attack this past February. He was hospitalized for weeks and hasn’t yet returned to work.
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The Chillicothe Gazette reports prisoners Casey Pigge and Greg Reinke appeared via video monitor Thursday for a court hearing in Scioto County.
The attacks were at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Both inmates are now housed in the state supermax prison in Youngstown.
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Information from: Chillicothe Gazette, http://www.chillicothegazette.com