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Woodbury County correctional officer arrested for alleged assault of inmate

Woodbury County correctional officer arrested for alleged assault of inmate

Yahoo13-03-2025

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A correctional officer with the Woodbury County Jail is accused of assaulting an inmate and causing a concussion.
Austin Svendsen, 29, has been charged with serious assault, a serious misdemeanor. Svendsen was working as a correctional officer in the Woodbury County Jail on Feb. 14 when he allegedly assaulted an inmate.
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Documents state that an inmate was told to pack his belongings and move to another jail cell but the inmate started to argue with jailers. Svendsen and other jailers then allegedly grabbed the inmate and took him to the ground.
Svendsen then allegedly kneed the victim in the abdomen and hit him repeatedly in the face. The victim suffered cuts, bruising, and a concussion, documents state.
An arrest warrant was issued on Feb. 14 and was served on March 10. He then bonded out on the day of his arrest.
KCAU 9 reached out to the sheriff's office, but has not heard back at the time of publishing.
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