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Inmate fight leads to change
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Three Warren County Jail inmates face felony assault charges for breaking another prisoner’s jaw during an attack inside the facility.The inmates, Jody Lynn Jennings, Blake Campbell Raper and Scott Sebastian Willett, will face a hearing before General Sessions Judge Bill Locke on March 26 on the charge of aggravated assault. The felony count carries three to six years in prison.The men are accused of attacking fellow inmate Joseph Michael Perrigan in D-Block of Warren County Jail.According to sheriff’s investigator Kevin Murphy, Perrigan’s jaw was broken in two places during the assault. The victim will have to undergo surgery to fix the damage.The three were linked to the attack by surveillance video which lawmen say showed them actively involved in the assault on their fellow inmate.“A video recording discloses Mr. Perrigan was assaulted without cause by the three inmates,” Murphy said.