A Riverside County jail inmate was in critical condition after another inmate assaulted him inside a jail cell this week, the county sheriff’s department said.
Deputies at the Larry Smith Correctional Facility in Banning were alerted to the assault just after midnight on Tuesday, May 5, according to a department press release. They detained the suspect, Artemio Gonzalez, 55, while medical staff helped the victim until paramedics arrived. The victim was then taken to the hospital in critical condition.
The sheriff’s department said it will submit the case to the Riverside County District Attorney’s office as an attempted murder charge, though the DA will decide what charges, if any, to file…