Detention Officer Assaulted By Inmate

On June 5, 2022, Detention Officers at the Alamance County Jail were attempting to de-escalate a situation with inmate Ali Asghari Sandi, in I-Block Cell 5. Inmate Sandi was seen purposefully damaging an Alamance County issued Paytel Itele-tablet inside his cell. Inmate Sandi defied the commands from the Detention Officers to give them the tablet back.

After defying commands multiple times, a Detention Officer unlocked cell 5 in I-Block, and attempted to retrieve the Intele-Tablet. At this time inmate Sandi then hit the Officer on the head with the Intele-Tablet, causing a laceration to the Officer’s head.

Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office were assigned the case. After viewing the injuries to the Detention Officer, inmate Sandi was charged with two felonies.

Name:             Ali Asghari Sandi      W/M/43         

Charges:        1ct: Felony Assault With a Deadly Weapon on a Government Official

1ct: Felony Damage to Government Computer

Bond:              $25,000 Secured