By Corrections1 Staff
DECATUR, Ill. — An inmate was apprehended after spraying an Illinois CO in the face with a mixture of urine and cleaning solution in a failed escape attempt.
The Herald & Review reports that 25-year-old inmate Terrance J. Wilson pulled a plastic squeeze bottle from his underwear and sprayed Officer Corey Maloney on Wednesday. Wilson then fled down the stairs of a courthouse with Maloney in pursuit.
The Macon County Sheriff’s Office said Wilson managed to free one hand from handcuffs and threw a folding chair at Maloney. When backup officers arrived, Wilson ignored orders to stop and threw three concrete bricks at Maloney.
One of the bricks struck Maloney in his left arm, leaving a superficial cut. Maloney was later able to deploy a TASER on Wilson, Sgt. Roger Pope wrote in an affidavit.
Pope said Wilson continued to resist and refused to put his hands behind his back as officers apprehended him. It took several officers to finally subdue the inmate.
Pope said Wilson, who was sentenced to 10 years for armed robbery earlier that day, tried to escape because “he doesn’t care” and “didn’t like seeing his mother cry in the courtroom while he was being sentenced.”
Sheriff’s Lt. Kris Thompson said Thursday that Maloney was doing well and his eyes weren’t injured in the attack. Maloney said Wilson used a cleaning solution issued to inmates to clean their cells and that the inmate was searched earlier but the bottle was well-hidden.
Maloney praised the officers who helped subdue Wilson.
“The officers involved are going to get a letter of commendation,” he said.
Wilson faces several charges, including aggravated battery of a peace officer.