Victims Suffered Wounds to Face and Head Requiring Multiple Stitches
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Rikers Island inmate has been indicted on Attempted Murder in the second-degree and additional charges for slashing two Correction Officers with a scalpel blade.
District Attorney Clark said, “Two Correction Officers were attempting to transfer the defendant to another facility when he allegedly lunged at them with a blade, slashing both officers and leaving one of them with a large, permanent scar. The defendant will be prosecuted to the fullest extent for such alleged egregious behavior.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Sundance Oliver, 31, of Manhattan was arraigned today by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Ralph Fabrizio on Attempted Murder in the second-degree, two counts of Aggravated Assault Upon a Police or Peace Officer, four counts of first-degree Assault, two counts of Assault On a Peace Officer, Police Officer, Fireman, or Emergency Medical Services Professional, eight counts of second-degree Assault, first-degree Promoting Prison Contraband, second-degree Promoting Prison Contraband, fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon and two counts of second-degree Obstructing Governmental Administration. The case is next on in court on December 1, 2025.
According to the investigation, on August 27, 2025, inside the North Infirmary Command on Rikers Island, the defendant was approached by two Emergency Service Unit Correction Officers to be transferred to another facility. The defendant allegedly abruptly lunged at one of them, swiping him on the right side of the face and cutting his lip. The officer received seven stiches. Another officer attempted to restrain the defendant and was allegedly struck on top of his head and cut the top of his head and the left side of his face, requiring seventeen stiches.
The defendant was also arraigned on a separate indictment charging four counts of Aggravated Harassment Of An Employee By An Inmate, and four counts of second-degree Obstructing of Governmental Administration. Between January 23, 2025, and May 30, 2025, the defendant on three occasions allegedly filled bottles with feces and tossed the open bottles at various correction officers splashing them about the body.
District Attorney Clark thanked New York City Department of Correction, Central Intelligence Bureau Investigators Nathaniel Williamson, Korab Hasangjekaj, John Cammisuli Jeffrey Rios, and Walter Holmes for their work in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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