Former Jefferson City prison inmate who pleaded guilty to attacking guard to be sentenced in December

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An inmate who pleaded guilty to attacking a guard in 2022 at Jefferson City Correctional Center will be sentenced in December.

Gavin Syring, 29, pleaded guilty on Oct. 1 to first-degree assault and violence against a Department of Corrections employee. Court filings show he will be sentenced at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15.

Syring is currently being held at Potosi Correctional Center in Washington County. He is serving an 18-year sentence for armed robbery, assault, armed criminal action and burglary, according to online Department of Corrections records.

The assaulted guard Kent Riley and his wife filed a civil lawsuit against Syring in 2022 and were awarded a $2 million judgement on Dec. 1, 2022, court filings show.