California inmate tries to stab deputy, fellow inmate with makeshift knife

A California inmate serving time for homicide tried to stab a sheriff’s deputy and a fellow inmate with a makeshift knife, prompting a chaotic brawl within the jail that used to be stuck on video. 

The violence spread out on the West Valley Detention Heart in Rancho Cucamango round 2:45 p.m., the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division (SBSD) mentioned in a information liberate.  

Christopher Lommie Jackson, 25, who’s been in custody since 2019, armed himself with a jail-made steel knife and tried to stab some other inmate, sheriff’s deputies mentioned. 

When deputies arrived to get a divorce the altercation, Jackson tried to stab a deputy and knock him to the bottom, prompting extra deputies to intrude to prevent the attack. The violence spilled out into the hall as deputies pinned Jackson down to prevent him. 

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The deputy who used to be attacked sustained “average accidents to his face and used to be handled and launched from an area health facility,” SBSD mentioned. 

“Such violent conduct poses a major danger to the security and safety of our body of workers and inmate populations,” Sheriff Shannon Dicus mentioned in a observation. “Our deputies paintings tirelessly to take care of order and supply a safe atmosphere inside of our correctional amenities. We will be able to pursue the utmost felony penalties for many who perform assaults in our correctional amenities.”

SBSD mentioned Jackson has had a couple of prior arrests for violent offenses in San Bernardino County. 

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