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Inmate accused of attacking officer

Brennen Smith

An inmate at the Chautauqua County Jail accused of attacking a corrections officer is facing new charges.

Brennen H. Smith, 24, no address listed, had been booked into the Mayville jail Aug. 26. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Smith allegedly attacked the officer to “prevent them from carrying out an official function.”

Specific details on the incident were not released, and it wasn’t clear if the corrections officer was injured.

Smith was taken to centralized arraignment at the jail on charges of obstructing governmental administration, third-degree menacing and second-degree harassment.

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