Garner Inmate Charged With Dual Assault

State police report they charged an inmate at Garner Correctional Institution with two counts of assault on public safety personnel following an incident at the high-security prison on Nunnawauk Road about 6:30 am April 1.

State police said inmate Carl Barnes, 28, assaulted a 40-year-old male correction officer and a 43-year-old female correction officer at the prison.

Barnes was scheduled for an April 2 arraignment on the charges in Danbury Superior Court. He is scheduled to appear again in court on May 1.

Barnes is an unsentenced inmate at Garner who is being held on a pending charge of violation of probation.