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| Federal Prison Officer Charged; Meat Thermometer Alleged as Weapon |
| By Lexington Herald-Leader |
| Published: 04/07/2003 |
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A kitchen supervisor at the federal prison in Clay County used a meat thermometer to stab an inmate in the chest, according to a criminal complaint filed March 24 in U.S. District Court. Morris Antoine Grundy is charged with attempted murder in the unusual case. According to a sworn statement from Timothy M. O'Leary, the FBI agent who investigated, an inmate named William Henry Clay said Grundy owed him money and that they got into a verbal confrontation in the dining room about 8:30 a.m. on March 21. Clay was cleaning tables under Grundy's supervision. Clay said Grundy took some playing cards from him, threw them on the floor and then stabbed Clay once in the center of the chest with something sharp, according to the affidavit. Another inmate told the FBI he heard Grundy curse Clay as they argued and then saw him pull a meat thermometer from his shirt pocket and thrust it at Clay, missing him the first time but stabbing him the second. Grundy told the other inmate, 'You didn't see anything,' according to O'Leary's affidavit. Grundy's attorney said he understood Clay was not seriously injured. Clay, 51, of Lexington, was sentenced in 1995 to serve nearly 22 years after pleading guilty to selling cocaine from a bar on Georgetown Street. Another inmate told a prison administrator he saw Grundy go into an office after the stabbing and throw something behind some mail boxes. A corrections officer found a meat thermometer there, according to the statement. Prison officials detained Grundy and called the FBI. When O'Leary interviewed Grundy, he said Clay had asked him in December to bring in drugs, but he had refused. The morning of the stabbing, Clay slapped Grundy's hat twice, Grundy said. After Grundy pulled the thermometer, Clay approached him and Grundy 'pushed' at him with the sharp implement, stabbing Clay, according to the statement. Grundy said he called for help for Clay immediately. Grundy has worked at the prison since January 2002, said Dan Dunne, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. As a food-service foreman, Grundy is also a corrections officer. |
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