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Jail rioters bound
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Eight Warren County Jail inmates want guards to prove they staged a riot at the facility, all eight bound to the grand jury Tuesday after an hour-long preliminary hearing.Inmates Marty J. Cooper Jr., Norval Judkins Jr., and Joshua E. Neal have all been tagged as ring leaders in the two-hour riot at Warren County Jail. They have been bound on charges of inciting a riot.Fellow inmates, Ronald Kloosterman, Michael Newby, Arlin W. Pinkard Jr., Ethan Price and John R. Simons have been accused of joining in the jail mob. All eight were bound to the grand jury Tuesday by Judge Bill Locke following preliminary hearing in General Sessions Court.The inmates are charged with staging a riot where they threw trash and water through their cell doors, beat on their cell bars and loudly encouraged other inmates to join their civil disobedience.