Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Inmates charged in assault
Cocke County authorities have charged two Cocke County Jail inmates in connection with an August attack on another inmate. Detective Bryan Murr said David Bell, 32, Overlook Drive, Newport was attacked by Lamar Deshawn Woods, 22, and Michael Ray Baxter, 23, resulting in serious injury. Murr says video in the jail shows Bell being "stomped" as he lay on the floor of the jail. The injured inmate required treatment at the Newport Medical Center and both Woods and Baxter face assault charges.


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