Four Rikers inmates Indicted for brutal assault of another inmate

Four Rikers Island inmates were indicted Wednesday for a vicious breatdown of different captive implicit a “petty gang-related beef,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Wednesday.

Jamaud Cayenne, 21, Davin Mingo, 21, Damien Linares, 19, and Tony Smith, 20 — each alleged Bloods pack members — are facing charges related to a brutal March 17 onslaught astatine the Robert N. Davoren analyzable aft different inmate tried to get into the locked dayroom wherever the 4 inmates were, Clark said.

According to the indictment, each 4 of the assailants punched and kicked the victim; Cayenne was accused of besides slashing him successful the look with a crisp object. A correction serviceman broke up the beatdown by deploying a chemic agent, Clark said.

The unfortunate needed 45 stitches to the close broadside of his look that has near a scar, the DA said successful a statement.

“The 4 defendants allegedly bushed and slashed the unfortunate implicit a petty gang-related beef,” Clark said, adding: “We volition not tolerate pack unit successful the jail.”

All 4 were deed with aggregate counts of assault, portion Cayenne and Mingo were charged with promoting situation contraband and transgression possession of a weapon.

Mingo and Smith were arraigned Wednesday successful Bronx Supreme Court, wherever a adjacent tribunal day was acceptable for Dec. 12. Cayenne and Linares were acceptable to beryllium arraigned astatine a aboriginal date.