10 TV: Two deputies accused of tampering with an inmate's food at the downtown Franklin County Jail will face criminal charges, Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes said on Friday.
Karnes did not elaborate on the type of charges that would be filed… 10TV News learned last week that deputies Joseph Cantwell and Phillip Barnett were under investigation for allegedly enlisting an inmate to rub his genitalia on a sandwich. The deputies then allegedly fed the sandwich to an unsuspecting inmate...
Sources at the jail said that the deputies used a cell phone to take pictures of the alleged incident. Investigators said last week that Cantwell and Barnett were reassigned to the jail's control center where they would have no contact with inmates.
Attorney Byron Potts said Friday that he was considering filing a lawsuit on behalf of one of the inmates who claimed that the guards coerced him into performing the act by threatening him with solitary confinement. Potts claimed that his client was still facing harassment and was afraid to eat.
10TV News also learned on Friday that a lawsuit was filed nearly six months ago after a deputy admitted to tampering with an inmate's meal tray at the Jackson Pike Jail... In that instance, the deputy told investigators that in a "moment of weakness" he passed inmate Wes Blevins a tray with some milk "poured on top" of his food.
Blevins, who has since been released from jail, said he lost 22 pounds in 40 days because he was afraid to eat. The deputy who admitted pouring milk on Blevins' food received a day off work without pay…
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