Inmate Assaults Corrections Officer, Dec. 4

News release from the Lincoln Co. School District. On November 21, 2014 at approximately 5:15 a.m. Corrections Corporal Deb Evertt was working in the booking area of the Lincoln County Jail when Inmate Anthony Wright became uncooperative and refused to answer necessary questions during the intake process. Wright refused several directives to return to his cell, and was then escorted to his cell by staff. As Wright approached his cell door, he extended his arm and lunged his body forward striking the door with his open hand. The action displayed by Inmate Wright caused Corporal Evertt’s forearm to become trapped between the cell door and the concrete wall. Corporal Evertt was treated and released from the hospital. Inmate Wright remains in custody and was charged with Assault on a Public Safety Officer, in addition to the other prior pending charges of DUII; Hit/Run x 2; Attempt to Elude a Police Officer; Assault III and Reckless Drive. Current bail is set in the amount of $175,000.