Missoula jail inmate accused of attempting to stab officer
A Missoula County jail inmate accused of attempting to stab a detention officer in the neck with a pencil faces a felony assault charge.
A former corrections officer for the Washington County Sheriff's Department in Potosi, Mo., pleaded guilty in US District Court in St. Louis, to one count of obstruction of justice, admitting that she intentionally misled law enforcement officials about her role in the assault of an inmate housed in the Washington County Jail, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.