Man Arrested for Alleged Corrections Officer Assault

DELHI — Delaware County Sheriff Craig DuMond announces the arrest of a Walton man for an assault on a Corrections Officer.

On Tuesday December 17th, 2024, members of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division responded to the Delaware County Jail to assist the Correctional Division with a report of an inmate that assaulted a Corrections Officer. Information provided was that Correctional Personnel were responding to an assistance call for a disturbance involving a male inmate identified as 23-year-old Dakota R. Mann, of Walton. During the disturbance, Mann is alleged to have punched a Corrections Officer in the head. 

Following this Investigation, Mann was arrested and charged with Assault in the second degree, a Class D Felony. Mann was arraigned at the Delaware County CAP Court, and was remanded back to the Delaware County Jail.