Bay County Jail inmate assaults employee with soap, then swallows Taser barb

An unruly inmate of the Bay County Jail is facing some new charges after police say he attacked a correctional officer with a bar of soap, then swallowed a Taser barb in the fracas. About 10 a.m. April 8, 22-year-old Jermel T. Love was in a holding cell, asking staff if he could make a phone call, according to police reports. When jail personnel told him he’d have to wait, Love said, “I should not have to wait; I’m going to tear this (expletive) up,” fellow inmates later told investigators. The witnesses said they saw Love tear up a T-shirt, then wrap it around a bar of soap. When jail personnel opened the cell, Love was defiant and refused to cooperate, police reports indicate. Despite repeated orders not to do so, Love kept his hands behind his back, prompting a jail employee to discharge his Taser at the inmate.

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