A Unity man is charged with attacking guards at the Westmoreland County Prison.
The Trib reports that 33-year-old Jerome Thornton was waiting arraignment on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated harassment by a prisoner and simple assault. Detectives said the attack was reported Sept. 21.
Authorities found letters Thornton and a female nurse had been writing to each other in which it appeared Thornton was “grooming” the nurse. When guards searched Thornton’s cell on E Unit for any additional letters, he spit in two guards’ faces and kicked one of them in the leg, according to court papers. Thornton was taken to another cell and continued to fight with guards, kicking one in the chest.
One guard was taken to the hospital.
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