An inmate being held at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center was charged with tampering with a surveillance camera, according to the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s office.
OMarie B. McHenry IV, 22, of Ruston, allegedly used paper soaked in water to render a surveillance camera inoperable.
An affidavit by a deputy assigned to the detention center noted McHenry was an inmate being held for the Louisiana Department of Corrections on a charge of armed robbery.
The affidavit stated McHenry put some paper in water and then threw it at a camera in his housing unit, rendering it inoperable and preventing staff in the control room from seeing into the unit. McHenry had also been kicking on the door demanding to be moved into another housing unit.
Deputies entered the unit and told the inmates to get on their knees. McHenry refused to do so and eventually he was tased in order to take him into custody. McHenry was moved to a holding cell pending disciplinary action.
McHenry was booked on an additional charge of tampering with surveillance or monitoring systems. His bail was set at $1,000.
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