LAKEWOOD — A community corrections officer is recovering from a box cutter wound in the leg he suffered when he attempted to arrest an offender for a parole violation at the Department of Corrections field office in Lakewood.
The department says the 54-year-old officer was stitched up Thursday at Tacoma General Hospital, and the 25-year-old suspect remained at the hospital Friday for treatment of a self-inflicted wound to his wrist.
He was being arrested for failing a drug test and could now face an assault charge. He has been under community supervision for two years because of an attempted theft conviction.
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