Inmate accused of stabbing corrections officer at state jail in Chino

A person serving a life jail sentence for a Los Angeles County homicide conviction was being held in restricted housing Monday on suspicion of stabbing a corrections officer within the head on the California Institution for Men in Chino.

Kevin G. Roby, 60, was noticed by corrections officers round 8:30 p.m. Sunday leaving his housing unit carrying solely his boxer shorts, in response to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Officers ordered Roby to cease, however he continued strolling towards the jail yard whereas yelling that he would kill anybody within the yard, in response to CDCR. Moments later, Roby pulled out an “inmate-manufactured weapon” from his boxers, prompting authorities to kind a skirmish line, officers mentioned.

“Without warning or provocation, Roby ran towards the skirmish line. Staff instantly responded and used bodily drive and chemical brokers to restrain him and quell the assault,” CDCR officers mentioned in a press release.

During the skirmish, Roby allegedly used the weapon to stab an officer on the facet of his head. The officer was taken to a hospital for a laceration and the results of being pepper-sprayed, however was handled and launched.

Roby was positioned on restricted housing standing and was anticipated to be transferred to a different jail, in response to CDCR.

Roby was despatched to jail in August 1988 following his conviction in Los Angeles County for first-degree homicide and rape with drive or violence, together with an enhancement for using a firearm. He was sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole.

Reports within the Los Angeles Daily News in 1987 and 1988 mentioned Roby, then 23, an Air Force Academy dropout who lived in Glendale, had been convicted of raping and fatally stabbing his 25-year-old sister on Jan. 29, 1987, at his mom’s house in South Los Angeles. The killing occurred a day after he sexually assaulted one other sister who was youthful.

Published reviews say Roby later was implicated within the 2005 demise of his cellmate, “Boyz n the Hood” actor Lloyd Avery II, at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City. Roby, often known as a satanist, was not charged in that killing, reportedly as a result of he was not eligible for the demise penalty as famous by the Del Norte County District Attorney.

The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin contributed to this story.