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LAS CRUCES – While a challenge to Doña Ana County’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its employees awaits action in federal court, rulings in other states have upheld vaccine requirements by employers and educational institutions, the latest coming from Indiana.
Two former Doña Ana County Detention Center officers – Isaac Legaretta and Anthony Zoccoli, plus unnamed plaintiffs – are suing the county over a January mandate that first-responders and certain other employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.
Since then, the county has instituted a requirement that all new employees be vaccinated against the disease as well.
This week, U.S. District Judge Damon R. Leichty denied a request for a preliminary injunction against a vaccine requirement for students and employees at Indiana University, permitting the requirement to stand while the case is heard.
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LAS CRUCES - While a challenge to Doña Ana County s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its employees awaits action in federal court, rulings in other states have upheld vaccine requirements by employers and educational institutions, the latest coming from Indiana.
Two former Doña Ana County Detention Center officers Isaac Legaretta and Anthony Zoccoli, plus unnamed plaintiffs are suing the county over a January mandate that first-responders and certain other employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.
Since then, the county has instituted a requirement that all new employees be vaccinated against the disease as well.
Detention center officer details injuries following jailhouse knife attack
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LAS CRUCES – A Doña Ana County Detention Center officer detailed the injuries he sustained in a knife attack last month during a pretrial detention hearing Friday for an inmate charged with attempted murder.
Eugene Bennett, 28, is accused of stabbing officer Roberto Madrid several times with a makeshift knife or shank inside the detention center on June 17.
Madrid testified he now has hearing loss and permanent damage to his nose after being stabbed multiple times in the face.
Following the attack, Bennett allegedly told investigators that he feared the guards of the jailhouse were going to kill him, according to court documents. He said that stabbing the guard needed to happen and that he could hear guards laughing and joking about him through the vents of the building.
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Attempted murder charge levied in jailhouse stabbing
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LAS CRUCES - The Third Judicial District Attorney s Office filed an attempted first-degree murder charge against a Doña Ana County Detention Center inmate on Wednesday.
Police accused Eugene Bennett, 28, of stabbing a jail guard with a makeshift knife or shank last week. The guard was hospitalized in El Paso after the attack.
Bennett was charged in 2019 with shooting at a dwelling, aggravated assault and property damage. He was later found with methamphetamine in his cell at the detention center, according to police. Police said he also hit another inmate with a broomstick.