BG Police charge inmate with assaulting another inmate

Bowling Green Police arrested an inmate Thursday at the Northwest Community Corrections Center for allegedly assaulting another inmate.

Police responded to the corrections center, at 1740 E. Gypsy Lane Road, at 9:05 a.m. The operations director at the facility said an assault had occurred the night before.

Surveillance video reportedly showed Joshua Elek, 24, of Wauseon, forcefully bump another inmate with his shoulder, then punch the other inmate in his right eye.

Elek was arrested for assault and taken to the nearby Wood County Jail.