Six Warren County Jail inmates are set for trial for their alleged roles in a riot last year at the facility.The defendants, Marty Joe Cooper Jr., Norval Lee Judkins Jr., Michael Shawn Newby, Arlin Wayne Pinkard, Ethan Dale Price and John Randal Houston Simons, were each given Aug. 22 trial dates for the crime. Judkins and Cooper are additionally charged with inciting a riot. Cooper is also charged with vandalism, while Price faces charges of violating his probation.A lone member of the alleged rioting crew, Ronald Kloosterman, has entered guilty pleas to the rioting charge.
Jail riot cases set for Aug. 22