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The career criminal accused of stabbing two teen girls visiting New York City from South America has reportedly slashed a fellow inmate at Rikers Island.
Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that 36-year-old Steven Hutcherson allegedly got up from his cot at 8 am on Thursday morning at the Eric M Taylor Center and attacked a 43-year-old man who was lying just feet away from him.
Hutcherson reportedly used a 1.5-inch ceramic blade in the attack, leaving the fellow inmate with slashes across the left side of his face and head.
The sources said that a correction officer intervened and pepper sprayed Hutcherson before rushing the victim to the jail’s infirmary, who was later transported to Elmhurst Hospital for treatment.
Officials with the Department of Corrections said that Hutcherson had been scanned for weapons sometime prior to the attack and none had been found at that point. The department is investigating how he got the weapon.
A Department of Corrections spokesperson said that Hutcherson was cleared by health officials to be placed in Rikers’ general population.
According to the New York Post, he has since been transferred to a separate Rikers jail “where he will be confined for 14 hours a day and be kept away from some inmates.”
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