An inmate at the Bartholomew County Jail is facing additional charges after being accused of tearing apart a section of his cell door and using metal rods from it as a weapon. Our news-gathering partners at “The Republic” are reporting that 21-year-old Jordan Rhoades, of Columbus, was charged Friday in Bartholomew Superior Court 1 with three felony counts of Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Public Safety Officer and one count of Criminal Mischief.

Rhoades is accused of taking the metal rods from the cell door and throwing them at three Bartholomew County Jail deputies. The charges also accuse him of intentionally damaging jail property.

According the report, the incident happened over the Labor Day holiday weekend. It says that Rhoades and another inmate, 37-year-old Joe Reed, of Columbus, kicked out a sections of cell doors. While Reed and Rhoades were moved to a separate confinement area, the paper says that other inmates blocked the bottom of their cell doors and allowed showers and toilets to overflow, flooding several areas in the jail. Sheriff Matt Myers told members of the county council and commissioners that these incidents further illustrate the need to put my resources into public safety.

Damage to the cell doors has been estimated at $8,000, but full damage estimates have yet to be released.

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