An inmate who fought with jail guards about a plate of undercooked pancakes has drawn a term of more than five years in prison. The incident took place four months before he would have been released from the Calhoun County jail on a previous offense.
The pancake incident resulted in three new charges being filed. Talris Terrell “Sweet Tea” Brown, 43, eventually entered a no contest plea to the new charges of aggravated assault, resisting an officer with violence, and the introduction of contraband into the Calhoun County jail. The contraband charge was leveled because Brown armed himself with a broken mop handle in his fight with the guards. Sentencing occurred Wednesday.
According to a press release from the State Attorney’s office, Calhoun County Deputy Gary McGee was called to the jail early one morning in January to deal with Brown. When McGee got there, he found Brown holding each end of the mop handle in his hands and facing off with the guard in his cell. When McGee asked him what the problem was, Brown said his pancakes were not properly cooked that morning.
McGee told him to put the mop handle down, but Brown said, “Bring all you can. You will have to kill me,” according to the press release.
McGee pointed his Taser at Brown and ordered him again to drop the handle but Brown swung at him, instead. MGee then Tased Brown in the chest. Brown dropped to the cell floor and officers got the broken handle away from him. Brown continued to struggle, however, and McGee Tasered him again. This allowed officers to get Brown under control and he was then moved to isolation.
Brown had been in the county jail about nine months when the fight occurred. He had been sentenced on May 5, 2010, to 11 months and 29 days in the Calhoun County jail for drug possession, and had a maximum of four months left on that sentence.
Email
Facebook
Google
Twitter
Favorites
More
Advertisement