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WARREN, Ohio — Three inmates took a correction officer hostage at an Ohio county jail for several hours Wednesday and one of the inmates called CBS affiliate WOIO in the middle of the incident.
“I don’t want to be in the county jail. It’s a matter of time before one of those guys snaps at [inaudible]. So I just took control and I want to control what I want to do,” inmate David Martin told WOIO after dialing the station Wednesday afternoon.
Martin said he was upset about a newspaper article that he claims made him look crazy. He told the station he was calling on corrections officer Joe Lynn’s cell phone, while holding Lynn hostage in his jail cell.
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