An inmate faces charges after he slashed himself inside his cell at Warren County Jail.
The inmate, Jacob Lee Hills, 23, is charged with introduction of a weapon into a penal institution and vandalism. He will face hearing before General Sessions Judge Bill Locke on Nov. 25.
He was charged after jailers were alerted to a disturbance in Cellblock A. They were directed to Hill’s cell.
“He was lying on the floor in his cell with a large open and bleeding cut to his lower arm,” recalled corrections officer Johnathon Walter Green. “Nearby was a 12-inch fabricated shank-style knife with blood on the blade.”
After providing aid to the bleeding inmate, officers searched the cell and found a broken metal broom handle hidden under his bunk. They also found something else.
“Also under the bunk was a metal light frame that had been pulled from the ceiling,” Green said.
Hill’s injuries were treated and he was returned to face the warrants for his actions. The light was valued at $412 and the broom at $6. It was not revealed what prompted Hill to cut his arm.