More Lumpkin Jail Antics

If you are a member of the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Department, life is not boring. Especially not based on some of the recent reports we've been getting.

There's the story of the inmate at the LCSD detention center who was playing tic-tac-toe. Only problem was that he was ticing, tacing and toeing on his cell door....causing approximately $1,700 in damages to the door. AND, he now has a new charge against him - Criminal Interference with Government Property.

In other LCSD news, last week a LCSD trustee, assigned to the Red Oak Flats county shop, walked away from his work detail. In fact, he walked right into his girl friend's car that just happened to pull up at the same time. Fortunately, LCSD had the trustee back in custody a few hours later.

Before he walked away, the 30 year old trustee was serving a short sentence for a misdemeanor or probation violation. Now according to Lumpkin Sheriff Stacy Jarrard, the 'former' trustee is "looking at five years for nine hours of freedom."

Inmate Restrained Because of Sprinkler

Last month, Dahlonega and Beyond wrote about how a couple of inmates at the Lumpkin County Detention Center had a weird fascination with toilet water. This month, instead of the toilet, sprinkler heads are the latest point of interest for an inmate.

According to the Dahlonega Nugget's Crime Beat, a Lumpkin County inmate was restrained "after he reportedly tried to throw his mattress at the sprinkler heads in his cell. That was the second time the inmate had to be restrained that day. Earlier he was "put in a restraint chair after he threatened to bang his head on the wall."

Guess those spending time at the local jail just like water containment devises.