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  • Report: Jail short-handed, guard failed to notice broom-handle attack

    Robin Fornoff CNJ Content Managing Editor|Aug 23, 2012

    A Curry County detention officer watching jail inmates with surveillance cameras told investigators she didn't see Louis Guerra attack Jaime Perez. She didn't realize there was a fight until she saw another officer take Perez, covered in blood, out of his cell. The officer's statement is part of a 99-page administrative investigation into the June 27 assault released Thursday by County Attorney Stephen Doerr. Perez was treated for injuries at the Clovis hospital, but was not seriously injured. The focus of the investigation was the alleged broo...