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Convicted CT Murderer Assaults Doctor, Correction Officer: Police Convicted CT Murderer Assaults Doctor, Correction Officer: Police
Convicted CT Murderer Assaults Doctor, Correction Officer: Police A Connecticut inmate currently serving life for murder was charged again after he allegedly assaulted correctional officers, including a doctor. It happened on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at Hartford County’s Walker Correctional Institution, located in Suffield. At approximately 11: 12 a.m., inmate Joe Baltas, age 35, from Meriden in New Haven County, struck a Department of Corrections doctor in the chest and pinned him against the wall, Connecticut State Police reported. Other staff members rushed to restrain Baltas and he was taken to the restrictive housing unit. As he arrived at the unit, Bal…