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Matthew Tidman

Cambridge, MA
News
Massachusetts Corrections Officer Released From Hospital After Brutal Prison Attack: Report Massachusetts Corrections Officer Released From Hospital After Brutal Prison Attack: Report
Massachusetts Corrections Officer Released From Hospital After Brutal Prison Attack: Report A Massachusetts corrections officer who was put on life-support after a brutal prison attack earlier this year has been released from the hospital, CBS Boston reports.  Matthew Tidman, age 36, was attacked by an inmate with a metal object in the gymnasium at MCI-Shirley in Shirley on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 31, as previously reported by Daily Voice. After being hospitalized for nearly two months, his brother Nick told CBS that Tidman left Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on last Friday.  "He has this will and drive within him and he knows how to get things done, pu…

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by David Cifarelli
Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Inmate Serving Life Sentence For VA Murder Charged For Assaulting Prison Officer: DA Inmate Serving Life Sentence For VA Murder Charged For Assaulting Prison Officer: DA
Inmate Serving Life Sentence For VA Murder Charged For Assaulting Prison Officer: DA A corrections officer is in a coma after an inmate, who was serving a sentence for a 2001 Virginia murder, assaulted him, officials said. Roy Booth was charged for hitting Officer Matthew Tidman multiple times with a metal pole, while they were both inside a Massachusetts prison, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney's office.  When he carried out the attack, Booth was serving a life sentence for the murder of Melissa Tanner, back in 2001, in Portsmouth, according to his case records. He was transferred to a prison in Massachusetts back in March 2021, the District At…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Cambridge, MA
News
Inmate Charged With Brutal Attack On Massachusetts Corrections Officer: DA Inmate Charged With Brutal Attack On Massachusetts Corrections Officer: DA
Inmate Charged With Brutal Attack On Massachusetts Corrections Officer: DA The inmate who brutally attacked a Massachusetts corrections officer at a Shirley prison last month has been officially charged, the Middlesex County District Attorney's office reports. Roy Booth was charged in connection with attacking Officer Matthew Tidman in MCI-Shirley's gym on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 31. Tidman is now in a coma where he remains in critical condition, a GoFundMe organized on his behalf says.  "Matt is someone who is the first to lend a helping hand no matter the situation and now is our time to do the same for him and his family," the campa…

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by David Cifarelli
Cambridge, MA
News
Massachusetts Corrections Officer Fighting For Life After Brutal Prison Attack Massachusetts Corrections Officer Fighting For Life After Brutal Prison Attack
Massachusetts Corrections Officer Fighting For Life After Brutal Prison Attack A Massachusetts corrections officer is fighting for his life after he was brutally attacked by an inmate while on duty, sources tell Daily Voice.  Officer Matthew Tidman, age 36, was attacked by an inmate with a metal object in the gymnasium at MCI-Shirley in Shirley on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 31. Tidman is now in a coma where he remains in critical condition, a GoFundMe organized on his behalf says.  "Matt is someone who is the first to lend a helping hand no matter the situation and now is our time to do the same for him and his family," the campaign reads. The GoFundMe is lookin…

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by David Cifarelli