WORCESTER — Three inmates charged in connection with a Sept. 18 stabbing attack on multiple guards at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were arraigned Wednesday in a courtroom packed with correctional officers including Stephen Adams, a guard who was stabbed repeatedly in the incident.
Wearing shackles and red prison-issued jumpsuits, Jose R. Crespo, Heriberto Rivera-Negron and Jeffrey Tapia were arraigned separately in Worcester Superior Court in front of Judge Karin M. Bell.
Assistant District Attorney Anthony H. Melia served as the sole prosecutor during the arraignments; each defendant was represented by a different attorney…