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Vermont prison urine-toss leads to assault charge

An inmate threw a cup of urine at corrections officer Kenneth Swain as he was collecting a meal tray

From BurlingtonFreePress.com

BURLINGTON, Vermont -- An inmate who tossed urine at a corrections officer in late November has been charged with assault, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Vermont State Police.

A cup of urine thrown through a food chute by Scott Clark, 30, wet the leg of Correctional Officer Kenneth Swain, 32, as the officer was collecting a meal tray, the release states.

Clark was issued a citation Thursday to appear May 20 in Vermont Superior Court in White River Junction to answer a charge of assault on a correctional officer, the statement read.

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