Three Crockett County inmates face attempted murder charges following assault
ALAMO, Tenn. — A brutal assault at a local jail leaves three inmates facing an attempted murder charge. On Friday, September 20 correctional officers at the Crockett County Jail heard a large commotion in one of the bathrooms.
The sheriff’s department says after arriving to where the noise came from, officers found an inmate covered in blood. Near the victim was three other inmates cleaning the bloody mess. The sheriff’s department confirms 30-year-old Dustin Carter, 42-year-old Brandon Carroll, and 30-year-old Cody Enochs were indicted Monday morning for this incident.
“The 28th Judicial District Attorney Frederick H. Agee will be prosecuting this case in circuit court. Where these three individuals were indicted this morning for one charge each for attempted murder,” said Stephen Sutton, the CCSD public information officer.
Records show that Carter originally pled guilty on a drug charge, however he violated his probation. On July 16, he was charged with aggravated domestic assault via strangulation. Carroll was on probation for aggravated assault and later faced pending charges of aggravated assault, criminal responsibility of burglary, and kidnapping.
Further research revealed that Carroll was previously convicted of six aggravated assault charges with 3 additional aggravated assault charges pending. Finally, Enochs had previously pled guilty to a class D felony of theft of property.
“These individuals were in jail basically for — 2 of them for new charges — while they were out on probation and the other one violated his probation for another unknown reason at this time,” said Sutton.
The sheriff’s department says after correctional officers found the victim, they provided care as well as called for EMS to transport him to a local hospital.
“He was then taken to a trauma center where he underwent surgery to help him and he is currently recovering from these extensive injuries that are received from this attempted murder that occurred in our jail,” said Sutton.
At this time, the cause of this attack remains unknown. Officers have reported that this pod of inmates were getting along prior to this incident.
“We’re unaware that their was any relationship with gangs involved in this assault that occurred in our jail,” said Sutton.
The three alleged attackers were transported to different jails immediately after this altercation. They will later appear in court for this case.
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