McMINN COUNTY INMATE CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained an assault charge for an inmate of the McMinn County Jail, in connection to an altercation between two inmates in a holding cell. During the course of the investigation, agents developed information that 24-year-old Jerrod Ivan Jones assaulted the other inmate, who as of this afternoon remained hospitalized and on life support. Agents charged Jones with one count of aggravated assault.