Alaska State Troopers say they are forwarding harassment charges against an inmate for allegedly spitting on a corrections officer at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau.
Troopers said in a dispatch that the 35-year-old inmate spat on the officer three times during an encounter at the jail. Troopers responded to the incident at about 12:12 p.m. Wednesday.
Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Megan Peters identified the inmate as Terry Joe Ross. Peters said Ross became upset after he was denied the ability to “use the phone at his leisure.”
Ross has several prior convictions, and the Department of Corrections could not confirm what sentence Ross is currently serving at LCCC.
Electronic court records show Ross was sentenced in Anchorage in January 2012 to serve 240 days for a misdemeanor assault and 360 days with 250 days suspended for misdemeanor criminal trespass.
Court records show he was also sentenced in April 2011 to serve 12 months for felony assault and 30 days for misdemeanor harassment for “offensive contact with fluids.”
Troopers said the harassment charges in this case will be sent to the Juneau District Attorney’s Office.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (14)
Add commentAwwww
just wonder what a tazer to the tongue would do the that joker.
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“offensive contact with fluids.”
Is this spitting?
Probablly...
...swallowing.
an eye for an eye, a tooth
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and the first annual LCCC spit off, why didn't the correction officer spit back. fun knee
Just beat his a$$ !
Just beat his a$$ !
In other news, a LCCC
In other news, a LCCC prisoner is accused of pharting in the general direction of an officer. He was quoted as saying "Dirty Officer Pig Dog, I phart in your general direction. Now go away or I will taunt you a second time!" And now for something completely different...
Harassment charges? What a
Harassment charges?
What a bunch of wussies!
@ Jan
Are you kidding? How would you feel to be spat upon? Not too good I'll bet especially if its in your eye where you could get a disease from it. There are laws on the books about bodily fluid not being shared with those that don't want it and spit is included in that bodily fluid. Your an idiot!!
Expletive deleted!
You call this NEWS? A correctional officer got spit on... Hold the Presses - we have an exclusive! Shabby. Decidedly so.
skirkz,
hehehe....you're bad.......
Maybe not newsworthy, but ...
A chance of HIV (aids), is not a good outcome from being spit upon. Get tested.
Maybe not newsworthy, but ...
A chance of HIV (aids), is not a good outcome from being spit upon. Get tested.
You are not kidding...
Having spent considerable time at LCCC as a visitor over the past years, I'm not surprised by this event. Even if you are a law abiding citizen who is doing his civic duty to visit those in need, you are generally treated with contempt and disrespect by the majority of officers at this facility. There are some wonderful personnel there, but they are the minority. I challenge each of you to go visit an inmate at LCCC sometime (they are God's children, after all) and see for yourself the animosity that meets you there, no matter your community standing (unless you are a dignitary that they know is coming already). My guess is you'll want to rush home afterward and brush your teeth to get the bad taste out of your mouth. As for HIV infection by someone spitting on you, please. In this day and age you'd think we would be more educated on the risks and infection routes for this disease. Please do some research before you make silly statements. HIV has never been proven to be transmitted by saliva. It cannot live outside a very controlled environment.
Maybe not HIV but.................
Hepatitis is an exceptionally virulent viral infection that can and does live in ambient environments for 20 minutes to several hours. It is completely transmittable by saliva. Who is to say that the perpetrator doesn't have gum disease that causes bleeding. Then we have an entirely different issue. In many jurisdictions what happened to this officer is considered assault and is prosecuted vigorously as such.
The correctional officers in any maximum security facility are immersed in violence, negativity, abuse, drug and alcohol issues, and are exposed to enormous risks from felons with nothing to lose. You may want to consider what they endure on a daily basis, for a very modest salary and benefit package to assure that these criminals are securely locked away from YOU !!! If you are a person of God you know how to forgive and execute kindness in the face of adversity. Do it !! You have no idea what these men and women go through on a daily basis. They are not required to provide you with a hospitality suite welcome mat when you visit. You are in a prison !!! Their job is to keep you safe during your visit. All appearances indicate they do that regularly and successfully. If you want tea and pleasant conversation go to Donna's and stop looking to have your ego stroked at a maximum security facility.
I thank these men and women for their service. I understand what they endure. I have family and friends who staff this facility. They are hard working, decent people who have families to return to at the end of each shift. They should NOT have to worry about bringing home some communicable public health illness from a filthy criminal just to earn a paycheck. Prosecute this offender to the fullest extent of the law. If he cant behave and keep his body fluids to himself, put him in "The Chair" with "the hood" on for a few days in a row and see how his attitude changes. If it doesn't, send him to "seg" where he cant hurt anyone.
Do you think the ACLU would
Do you think the ACLU would object to a Hannibal Lecter mask for the inmate?!!!
"Portrayals of correctional guards in popular culture are almost consistently unflattering. Correctional officers are depicted as inherently sadistic and mindlessly authoritarian, as one-dimensional characters without redeeming qualities. In contrast, Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing gives an inside look at the work of correctional guards. Its author, Ted Conover, spent a year working as a "newjack" — the inmate term for a newly-minted New York correctional officer — in New York's Sing Sing prison. This review argues that Conover's book offers readers an opportunity to go beyond stereotypes to understand how the prison experience influences the lives and relationships of correctional officers."
http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/forum/17/3fall2000/c_newjack.html