By Matt Miller
PennLive
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — A midstate judge acted appropriately when he sentenced a state prison inmate to an extra 7 1/2 to 17 years behind bars for throwing human feces into the face of a guard, the state Superior Court has ruled.
The state court took that stance in rejecting the appeal of Ronnie Jenkins, who became so unruly during his December 2012 trial on aggravated assault charges that he had to be removed from a Schuylkill County courtroom.
Investigators said Jenkins, 33, of Philadelphia, threw a milk carton filled with human waste onto a sergeant in August 2011 while in a shower room in the state prison at Mahanoy near Frackville. The officer said the feces got into his mouth and eyes and that he feared Jenkins was trying to infect him with a communicable disease.
At the time of the incident, Jenkins was serving a 3- to 6-year sentence for his guilty pleas in a Philadelphia aggravated assault case.
Full story: Pa. court backs 7.5- to 17-year prison term for inmate who threw feces on guard