A correctional officer at California Medical Facility in Vacaville was attacked and injured while trying to remove an inmate from his cell Wednesday, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said.
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Prison officials said inmate, Dannunzio Patron, 38, attacked the officer with a “improvised weapon” during a cell extraction and the officer sustain lacerations to his left forearm from the weapon. In addition, “two responding staff members reported knee pain,” a press release from the department states.
Dannunzio Patron, 38. (COURTESY)
Patron was transferred to another institution for placement in restricted housing and the case is being referred to the Solano District Attorney’s Office for possible felony prosecution, officials said.
A check of Solano County Court cases did not indicate that any charges had been filed as of Thursday afternoon. Officials did not specify the prison where Patron is now being held.
Patron was most recently sent from Fresno County to CMF on Dec. 30, 2024. He was sentenced to eight years for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury as a second striker under California’s Three Strikes law.
CMF houses minimum-, medium-, maximum- and high-security inmates. The prison houses approximately 2,000 incarcerated individuals and employs nearly 2,000 people.