Inmate with makeshift knife accused of attempting to stab inmate and deputy in Rancho Cucamonga

An inmate in custody on a homicide cost tried to stab one other inmate and a deputy this week with a makeshift knife on the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, officers stated Thursday, June 13.

On Tuesday, June 11, Christopher Lommie Jackson, 25, of San Bernardino, allegedly armed himself with a steel knife made in jail and tried to stab an inmate with whom he had gotten right into a combat, after which the deputy, in response to a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s information launch.

Video footage launched from the sheriff’s division confirmed that an inmate recognized as Jackson knocked the 45-year-old deputy to the bottom whereas surrounding deputies stopped the assault.

The deputy who was attacked sustained reasonable accidents to his face and was handled and launched from a hospital, the discharge stated.

Jackson has been in custody since 2019. He has had a number of prior arrests for violent offenses in San Bernardino County, officers stated.

There have been  51 assaults on jail deputies by inmates in San Bernardino County this yr, in response to the discharge. From 2022 by 2023, authorities stated, there have been 236 assaults on deputies.

“Our deputies work tirelessly to keep up order and supply a safe atmosphere inside our correctional services,” Sheriff Shannon Dicus stated in a press release. We will pursue the utmost authorized penalties for individuals who perform assaults in our correctional services.”

A prison report for tried homicide can be filed with the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office relating to the knife assault, the sheriff’s division stated. They additionally launched a video of the assault.