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An inmate at the Greene County Jail is racking up criminal cases. He’s been involved in a few altercations at the jail and now there’s been another one. In this case, he’s accused of spitting on a jail officer.
Read MoreAn inmate at the Greene County Jail was accused of getting into a physical altercation with jail officers in December and was charged with battery with injury, a Level 5 felony, and battery by bodily waste, a Level 6 felony. Last October he was arrested after an altercation with an LPD officer. Now he’s accused of battery to jail officer in another altercation this month. In court yesterday, he declined a public defender and said he will represent himself.
Read MoreAn inmate who was upset after a court hearing via two-way video allegedly lunged at a jail officer and pushed him up against a cell door. When they ended up on the ground, the inmate allegedly spit and kicked and continued to fight with three officers before the situation was under control.
Read MoreA Linton police officer faced a tense situation last week when a man allegedly brandished a knife while he and the officer were faced off in a narrow store aisle.
Read MoreA 44-year-old Linton man was charged with residential entry, a Level 6 felony, when he appeared in Greene Superior Court Monday morning. He’s accused of breaking into a residence in Linton last week.
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