Inmate stabbed 2 correction officers at Garner Correctional Institute: officials

An inmate at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown stabbed two corrections officers with a sharpened toothbrush Tuesday morning, according to the state Department of Correction. The department said 35-year-old Joe Baltas, of Meriden, stabbed one correction officer in the neck and another in the torso just before 8:30 a.m. Both correction officers were rushed to a local area hospital, where...