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| Fight over TV leads to charges |
| By Bowling Green Daily News |
| Published: 11/15/2004 |
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A dispute about what television program to watch ended with a Warren County (Kentucky) Jail inmate at The Medical Center with a fractured skull. According to a Bowling Green Police Department report, inmate Calvin Thompson was watching a movie on TV Sunday when he was interrupted by fellow inmate Danyiel Boards, who changed the channel to a football game. At the end of the first quarter, Thompson changed the channel back to the movie. Inmate Jeffrey Tucker then changed the channel back to the game and told Thompson not to touch the TV, according to a report. Cecil James Jones told everyone they were acting like kids, and Boards told Tucker to "put on his shoes," which is jail slang indicating that a fight is about to start, the report said. Jones kicked a steel rod off a bed frame and held it over his head, then Tucker began to fight Jones, according to the report. Tucker held Jones down on the bed while Boards took the rod from Jones and hit him in the forehead with it, the report said. The jail staff moved everyone involved to separate cells. "The city police are doing an investigation," Warren County Jailer Jackie Strode said. "The piece of metal had been broken off a bed that has been repaired." Jones was taken to The Medical Center with a severe skull fracture and a large laceration to the head, but had been discharged as of this morning. He first told Capt. Judy Dougherty he had tripped and hit his head, but she later found out about the fight. Jones said later he lied about his injury because he was afraid of future assaults. Tucker was charged with complicity to first-degree assault, while Boards was charged with first-degree assault. |
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