Bell County Detention Center inmates attack jailer

In Bell County, the Sheriff’s Office, along with the Pineville Police Department, responded last night to a call from the Bell County Detention Center after two inmates are alleged to have assaulted two officers with broom handles.  Christopher Dixon and Kenneth Williams were being relocated within the facility when they attacked two employees.  The pair took the employees’ radios and then damaged the phone lines.  Dixon then contacted the control room and told them they would “kill a jailer” if the pair were not released from the building.  Law enforcement then arrived on the scene and, with the incident, which included third degree assault on a corrections employee.