Herald-Citizen
COOKEVILLE — Two Putnam jail inmates deliberately flooded their cells, hoping it would get them sent on to state prison, officers said.
But for the time being, Jacob Wayne Beason, 19, of Knoxville, and Dustiney Wayne Hamilton, 28, of W. Jackson St., Cookeville, will still reside in the local jail after being charged with vandalism there on Tuesday night.
Jail Corrections Officer David Medley said the two inmates deliberately stopped up toilets to cause flooding in their cell area.
It was just before midnight Tuesday when the corrections officer “discovered a large amount of water coming from Cells D2-34 and D2-36,” his report says.
“The water was pouring down from the catwalk and flooding the entire pod. Inmate Dustiney Hamilton was being housed in Cell 34 and admitted that he intentionally flooded his cell because he wanted to be sent to the state prison,” the officer’s report says.
“Inmate Jacob Beason was being housed in Cell 36 and admitted that he had intentionally flooded his cell because he wanted to be sent to the state prison.”
Officer Medley obtained two warrants for vandalism and served them on the two inmates. Allegedly, it is the second time that inmate Hamilton has been charged with acts of vandalism at the Putnam jail.
Damage from the latest incidents by the two inmates totals about $200, the officer said.
Hamilton’s intake sheet at the jail shows a record of the following charges from last year: criminal trespassing, aggravated assault, burglary, evading arrest, reckless endangerment, and vandalism.
Beason’s intake sheet shows the following charges from last year: aggravated assault, evading arrest, and vandalism.
The two have an April 15 court date for the latest vandalism charges.
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