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Inmate makes weapon from Scrabble part, locks deputy in cell
By 13wmaz.com
Published: 04/29/2016

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Authorities say an inmate at a Wisconsin jail locked a deputy in a cell and made threats with a knife-like weapon he had apparently whittled from a Scrabble game letter tray.

A Dane County sheriff's spokeswoman says deputies conducting cell inspections Wednesday morning at Dane County Jail in Madison discovered that a 27-year-old male inmate had locked up one of their colleagues and was threatening to use his weapon.

Elise Schaffer says the locked-up deputy and another jailer talked the inmate into giving up the weapon. Schaffer says the deputy was locked up for a few minutes.

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