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| Inmate assaulted in county jail |
| By The Marshall Democrat-News |
| Published: 03/07/2005 |
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A Waverly man being held at the Saline County (Mo.) Criminal Justice Center added to his sentence by assaulting another inmate. In Saline County Associate Circuit Court last Wednesday, Dennis Earl Palmer, 30, was found guilty of class A misdemeanor assault in the third degree and sentenced to 60 days in jail. Court records show the assault occurred in the jail's D-Pod, set aside for those charged with felony crimes. Around 10 p.m. on Feb. 13, Palmer singled out the other inmate, who is charged with class C felony statutory sodomy. According to the court records, Palmer repeatedly punched the other inmate in face, leaving him a black eye, bloody mouth and a swollen knot on his forehead. Palmer was being held pending a probation violation hearing related to his 2002 conviction for class B felony attempt to manufacture methamphetamine and class D felony possession of meth precursors. On Feb. 28, Palmer was found to be in violation of his probation. Dennis Rolf, presiding judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit, imposed sentences of 10 years and five years in the Department of Corrections. The sentence for the assault charge will run concurrently with those sentences. Saline County Sheriff Wally George said there is a zero-tolerance policy for violence in the jail and occurrences are rare. "Any time there is an assault we vigorously investigate it and seek prosecution," he said. "That's one of the reasons it doesn't happen too often. They know we'll come after them." George said he had been advised by Don Stouffer, Saline County prosecuting attorney, to withhold the name of the jailer on duty at the time of the assault. However, George did confirm that the jailer is no longer employed by the sheriff's department. |
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