KY inmate tried to unlock doors, assaulted guards while attempting escape, cops say
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- Inmate Jeremy Lynn assaulted two officers during failed July 11 escape attempt.
- Lynn faces new escape and assault charges while already indicted for violent crimes.
- Officers regained control after struggle; injury severity remains unreported.
A Kentucky inmate assaulted two corrections officers while attempting to escape from jail July 11, according to Kentucky State Police.
The incident happened sometime before 10:50 p.m. at the Ballard County jail. State police said Jeremy Lynn, 32, entered the jail’s control room and assaulted a corrections officer in an attempt to unlock doors and escape.
Court documents say Lynn grabbed the officer around her face and neck during the assault. A second officer entered the room and was struck in the head by Lynn, who tried to close the control room’s entry door.
Additional officers responded to the room and gained control of Lynn, court documents say. The severity of the officers’ injuries was not available Thursday morning.
Lynn was charged with first-degree escape (attempt) and two counts of third-degree assault — inmate assault on correctional employee. State police said he remains lodged in the Ballard County jail.
Lynn is facing charges in two other active criminal cases, including one in which he’s accused of attempted murder. Court documents say he fired a shot toward his mother and kidnapped his girlfriend while armed with a gun during a domestic incident in April.
On July 7, Lynn was indicted on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, tampering with physical evidence, first-degree wanton endangerment and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, according to court records.
He is also charged with second-degree assault, first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the other case, and those charges have been sent to the Graves County grand jury.
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