KEARNY — A man already being held at Hudson County jail has been charged with attempted murder after a violent attack that left a corrections officer beaten and unconscious.

Kelvin Jamison was additionally charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, as reported by the Jersey Journal, citing a criminal complaint.

On Saturday night, correctional police officer Jerry Bonilla was escorting a nurse during medication rounds when he was punched by Jamison, who also stole the officer's radio and some keys, opening nine cell doors.

A GoFundMe campaign setup by fellow correctional officer Tasha Salters has been raising money for Bonilla’s wife and two daughters as he recovers.

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Jamison’s criminal record includes a three-year sentence handed down in late 2019, stemming from the brutal January 2019 mugging of an 87-year-old woman in Jersey City.

When sentenced for aggravated assault in November 2019, aggravating factors listed on court documents included the “gravity and seriousness of harm inflicted on the victim,” as well as the risk that the defendant would commit another offense.

He had already served 288 days in jail, between Jamison's arrest and the time of his sentencing.

Jamison was then arrested this past February, on an outstanding warrant during a domestic violence incident, according to the same Jersey Journal report, which said he also faces a charge for beating another inmate in April.

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