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Washington state inmate sentenced to death in killing of corrections officer
A 54-year-old inmate was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing a Washington state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago. Byron Scherf is a convicted rapist who already was serving life in prison when he attacked and strangled Officer Jayme Biendl (JAY’-mee BIN’-dul) in January 2011. A Snohomish County Superior Court jury took [...]
Garner Inmate Arrested After Serious Prison Assault
State police report they responded to a serious assault in which one inmate attacked another inmate within Garner Correctional Institution, the state’s high-security prison at 50 Nunnawauk Road. State police said this week that on the afternoon of May 8, they received a call from Garner reporting an assault that had occurred about 1:33 pm. [...]
Tucson inmate makes 5-minute jail escape
An inmate at the Pima County jail with just 10 days left on his sentence, tried to escape Wednesday night. He got as far as the chain link fence surrounding the secured facility and gave up, Deputy Jesus Bañuelos, spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, said. The 26-year-old was serving a 30-day sentence for [...]
Inmate death at Kern Valley State Prison under investigation as a homicide
DELANO, Calif. – Kern Valley State Prison investigators are working with the Kern County Coroner and District Attorney’s Office to investigate the death of an inmate, which has been classified as a homicide. Prison staff discovered an inmate, whose name is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification, unresponsive in his cell at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, [...]
Federal prison inmate gets 2 years for weapon
BENTON • A prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion was sentenced in federal court here Thursday to an extra two years in prison for possessing a weapon in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. Lamar Elmer Smith, 32, was already serving a sentence of more than 17 years on a gun and drug [...]
No federal charges in Chattanooga inmate beating
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says no charges will be filed against two former Chattanooga police officers in the beating of an inmate. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said Wednesday that an investigation determined there is no prosecutable offense. City police officers Adam Cooley and Sean Emmer were [...]
Inmate Indicted In Murder-For-Hire Plot
FORT WORTH (AP) - A prison inmate has been indicted on a charge that he tried to hire someone to kill a North Texas federal judge. Authorities say a federal grand jury in Fort Worth indicted Phillip Monroe Ballard on Wednesday. Ballard was in federal custody in Fort Worth last fall when he was charged with [...]
Inmate charged in January assault, theft in Vernon
VERNON — An inmate was charged Monday in connection with a January incident where police said that while he was on parole he and two others called a prostitute, then assaulted her driver and stole the vehicle. The man, Joshua Montanez, 25, of no certain address, was charged Monday with first-degree robbery, second-degree assault, second-degree [...]
Lexington inmate who walked off back in custody
LEXINGTON, KY. — Authorities in Lexington have located an inmate who failed to return after being issued a court-ordered medical pass. Police said 44-year-old Woodrow Gibbins was scheduled to return to the Division of Community Corrections at 6 p.m. Wednesday, but did not come back. He was being held on a probation violation charge. Police arrested [...]
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