Warwick man charged with murder in California assaults correctional deputy

EUREKA, Calif. (WLNE) — The Humboldt County Sherriff’s Office said that a Warwick man charged with murder is facing new charges after assaulting a correctional deputy.

Austin Medeiros is accused of killing 28-year old Emily Lobba in her California home. He was arrested after Santa Cruz Harbor Patrols found him trying to steal a boat last month.

The sheriff’s office said that on April 27, Medeiros assaulted a correctional deputy with an “improvised weapon” during an inmate count inside the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.

He’s now facing additional charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner, manufacturing a weapon in prison, battery on a custodial officer, and resisting a peace officer.