An Arizona prisoner serving 16 life sentences killed three different inmates at a state jail in Tucson, in response to officers.
Ricky Wassenaar is accused of killing Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley through the altercation on Friday on the Arizona State Jail Cimmaron Unit, in response to KOLD.
Wassenaar is the one suspect within the incident, the outlet reported. Jail officers say he acted with “intent to hurt.”
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Ricky Wassenaar is accused of killing three different inmates at a state jail in Tucson. (Arizona Division of Corrections)
Alvarez was behind bars for a Maricopa County homicide, Harnage was convicted in Pima County of sexual conduct with a minor and Lashley was serving a sentence for youngster molestation in Pima County.
Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences for his position in a jail standoff in 2004, in response to KOLD. He already had a prison historical past earlier than the standoff.
He and one other man had been convicted of taking two guards hostage for 15 days at Lewis Jail Complicated in Buckeye, Arizona. It was one of many longest jail hostage conditions in U.S. historical past.
Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley had been killed at a jail on Friday. (Arizona Division of Corrections)
Wassenaar allegedly used a kitchen guard’s uniform to trick one other guard into letting him into a jail watchtower. He obtained the uniform by overpowering an officer with a home made weapon.
The Arizona Division of Corrections mentioned Wassenaar was moved to a jail in Florence after Friday’s inmate deaths. The incident stays below investigation.
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Jail officers say Wassenaar acted with “intent to hurt.” (iStock)
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“ADCRR’s Workplace of the Inspector Common has begun an preliminary prison investigation associated to the inmate’s deaths,” jail officers mentioned in an announcement. “All inmate deaths are investigated in session with the county health worker’s workplace. The ADCRR takes conditions involving violence significantly and can pursue prosecution in opposition to any suspects believed to be concerned within the case.”
Visitations on the jail had been canceled for the remainder of the day on Friday following the altercation.
