A Chatham County Sheriff’s Office deputy working at the jail was attacked Sunday night by an inmate.
The deputy received non-life-threatening wounds in the attack by an inmate he was watching about 11 p.m., said Gena Bilbo, sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
The sheriff’s office has since charged 24-year-old Derek Rogers felony obstruction of an officer with harm or injury, Bilbo said. Rogers initially faced only misdemeanor charges from Port Wentworth police.
Bilbo said the officer attacked by Rogers was working in one of the housing units when the suspect began telling him the phones weren’t working. The deputy asked Rogers what was going on before Rogers crossed over a platform that serves as a work station and physically assaulted the deputy even as ordered Rogers to stand down, Bilbo said.
Nearby officers helped the assaulted officer who was transported to a local hospital and treated.