A Mountain Home man charged with an altercation at the Baxter County Detention Center during which he attempted to urinate on staff appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court last week.
28-year-old Jacob Wesley Rees entered a guilty plea to charges of impairing the operations of a vital public facility.
He was sentenced to six years probation.
JAIL ALTERCATION
According to the probable cause affidavit, Rees was being booked into the detention center after his arrest by Mountain Home Police in the early morning hours of May 30.
He was initially charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.
As the booking process was underway, Rees was first reported to have become disruptive by slamming a telephone receiver down.
He was then secured to a bench in the booking area. While on the bench, Rees is reported to have verbally threatened two jailers, telling them he was going to punch both in the face.
Rees was left on the bench for a short period to allow him to calm down.
Once Rees was released from the handcuffs holding him on the bench, he was taken to the detox area of the jail to be dressed out in a jail uniform.
He is reported to have become angry again and attempted to urinate on one jailer who was able to push him back. Another jailer drew a stun gun and ordered Rees to the ground, but he was reported not to have obeyed the command.
The stun gun was used and Rees became compliant and the remainder of the booking process was completed.
During his court appearance Monday, he said the situation at the jail developed because he was “under the influence of alcohol.”
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