SALEM -- Authorities say two inmates have been indicted on attempted murder, strangulation and other charges in an incident in which a deputy sheriff was assaulted.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that 46-year-old Bradley Monical and 40-year-old Brian Eller were indicted Tuesday.

The charges stem from a November 2016 incident in which authorities say the two men attacked Marion County Deputy Sheriff Stacy Headrick in the county jail.

KATU-TV reports that Headrick, a 14-year office veteran, was on an hourly check in the early morning hours when the incident occurred.

Headrick was treated at a Salem hospital. No information was given about the extent of his injuries.

Monical and Eller have been transferred to another jail.

-- The Associated Press

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