By Cliff Pinckard
cleveland.com
LORAIN, Ohio — An inmate in the Lorain County Jail was stabbed multiple times by another prisoner who used a pair of sharpened pliers he stole from a maintenance worker, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office.
Eddie Ortiz, 31, of Lorain, is charged with felonious assault, attempt to commit murder, illegal conveyance, and possessing criminal tools in connection with the attack, which occurred Monday, a news release from the sheriff’s office says. He remains in jail on a $160,000 bond.
Ortiz already was being held in the jail on a $200,000 bond on a charge of aggravated robbery, Lorain County Common Pleas Court records show. He’s also facing several weapons charges and charges related to fleeing from police, records show.
Investigators accuse Ortiz of stealing a pair of needle-nose pliers from a maintenance worker in the jail, who was working on a sink in a cell days earlier. They say Ortiz was able to sharpen the tips of the pliers on concrete in the cell.
At about 9:40 p.m. Monday, Ortiz used the pliers to stab the other inmate three times, the sheriff’s office says. A deputy’s report on the incident says another inmate was able to intervene and help the victim fend off Ortiz.
The wounded inmate, whose identity is not being released, was taken to a hospital for treatment of stab wounds to his head, neck and stomach. The sheriff’s office did not release information on his condition.
The sheriff’s report says the wounded inmate told investigators that Ortiz and he “have not liked each other” since the victim entered the jail about a month ago.
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