A Warren County Jail inmate faces felony assault charges after he brawled with correction officers as they tried to disarm him of a jail-made weapon.

The inmate, Jacob Lee Hill, 27, was being held at the jail on aggravated assault charges for allegedly stabbing a man in the neck last year.

He now faces more felony assault charges for his attack on jailers.

Correction officers say they found Hill’s cell door was not locked and discovered it was being held open by some plastic.

“He got belligerent with officers, yelling that he was not going to let them lock the door,” revealed correction officer Jonathan Jones, noting he told him to “stand down” and entered the cell. “He turned and a piece of metal hit the floor.”

Hill was again ordered to stand down but instead turned toward the officers with a weapon in his hand. “He had a toothbrush in his hand that had a blade at the end,” the officer said, noting they were able to talk the inmate into dropping the crude weapon but he was still ready to fight. “He rushed at us, hitting and kicking.”
Jones said one of his fellow officers was hit in the face and suffered a hurt hand while another was kicked in the jaw and ribs.

“Officers had to tase him to get him to calm down,” Jones said, adding another jailhouse weapon was found on his person once he was brought under control. “He had a piece of metal in the shape of a knife in his hand.”

A subsequent shakedown of his cell netted other pieces of metal. Hill seemed unmoved by the incident.
“I guess I got another felony charge today,” the inmate reportedly said after the brawl with officers.