Two Inmates Arrested Following Delaware Co Jail Assault

Delhi, NY – Today, Sheriff Craig S. DuMond announced the arrest of two Federal Inmates at the Delaware County Correctional Facility following an assault within the Delaware County Corrections Facility.  

On Thursday, September 22nd 2022, members of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division responded to the Delaware County Correctional Facility on a report of a Jail Assault that occurred earlier that morning. Investigation revealed that 31-year-old Daquan Dowdell and 45-year-old Rashawn Wynn, both of Syracuse New York, attacked another Inmate by striking the other inmate with closed fists in the face, which caused the serious physical injury.  

At the conclusion of their investigation, members of the Criminal Investigation Division arrested and charged Wynn and Dowdell each with one count of Assault 2nd degree, a class D felony.

Wynn and Dowdell were later arraigned at Hamden Town Court in front of Judge Merrill, and were later released and remanded back to the Delaware County Correctional Facility pending other charges.