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| Two inmates charged in jail beating |
| By Marshfield Mail |
| Published: 01/05/2004 |
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Two inmates have been charged in the recent beating of a prisoner being held in the Webster County (Mo.) Jail, according to Sheriff Ron Worsham. Worsham said Jason Torre, 27, Rogersville, and Patrick Medina, 40, Niangua, have been charged with first degree assault of Roy David Pope, 44, Marshfield. Torre was originally arrested for probation violation Dec. 13. Medina had been arrested for burglary. Worsham said Pope was released from the hospital Dec. 20 after the Dec. 18 altercation broke out in the jail, resulting in Pope's ribs being broken and one of his lungs being collapsed. "From what I've learned, it appears that (Pope) came in drunk, and he immediately began picking a fight with others who were in the bullpen," Worsham said. "Allegedly, he said he wanted to fight the toughest guy in there. Obviously, he found him," Worsham said. Paramedics were called in when Pope was found in the cell, injured and bleeding, Worsham said. Worsham confirmed reports that a paramedic was smeared with blood by Pope. Despite the incident, security measures currently in place at the jail are sufficient, Worsham said. He noted that there is not much that can be done to increase security in the jail. Worsham said that no employees were terminated, contrary to other published reports. Worsham also said that due to the jail's size, there is no separate area to put detainees being placed in a 12-hour detox. "There's no way to segregate those kind of people. The only place we've got to put them is the bullpen," Worsham said, referring to the common area where male prisoners are confined. "We don't have a place to put them in isolation. The women's side was full of women, so we could not put (Pope) there," Worsham said. The sheriff said that using the women's side of the jail for isolation purposes is no longer an option. "As far as changing what we're doing, I don't know that there's anything we can do. We're keeping the number of prisoners we hold to our maximum capacity, but we don't overfill (the jail)," Worsham said. |
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