Jamestown (KVLY) 32-year-old Jason Benefiel is charged with one felony count of attempted murder, in Southeast District Court, as well as two felony counts of aggravated assault after an attack at the North Dakota State Hospital on March 29.

Court documents say the victim is a staff member at the facility. The victim told officers that she was cleaning the bathrooms when she felt an arm come around her neck and choke her, making her unable to scream. She said she was drug backwards down a hallway that leads to the showers.

She said she remembers the man hitting her, and then the next thing she remembers is opening her eyes to see staff around her.

Documents say the victim suffered two large lacerations to her face, a fractured septum and had loss consciousness.

Two staff members witnessed the assault and told police they saw Benefiel kick the victim. When the two staffers went to take control of the situation, they told police Benefiel was standing over the victim covered in blood.

Benefiel told police he struck the victim 9 times. Later in the investigation, it was discovered Benefiel had reported to State Hospital staff members that he wanted to kill or assault someone and was struggling to control those thoughts.

Benefiel, is being held in the Stutsman County Correctional Center.