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ND inmate swallows another prisoner’s glasses

He was rushed to the E.R. and briefly hospitalized

Concord Monitor

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota inmate was not afraid of making a spectacle of himself when he grabbed another suspect’s glasses and started to eat them.

Burleigh County Sheriff’s Maj. Les Witkowski said the 42-year- old inmate at the county detention center became frustrated Aug. 1 when he was not able to talk to the chaplain, so he swallowed both lenses and a piece of the metal frame.

Witkowski said the inmate was taken to a hospital emergency room but was returned to jail after doctors determined he was okay.

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