COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff’s department has brought charges against two inmates after a jail riot in which two guards were held hostage and injured. Jujuan Council, 23, and Anthony Blakney, 32, were charged with first-degree assault, kidnapping and rioting, The State newspaper reported Saturday. Investigators were trying to determine how many of the 50 inmates in the pod were involved in the riot, Lott said. Jail staff called a response team, which stopped the riot without attacking inmates or using tear gas. He pleaded guilty to breaking into a vehicle in 2012 and a host of gun charges in 2013.

Source: thestar September 04, 2021 20:57 UTC