Charges are expected to be filed against inmates who were reportedly in a fight in the Marshall County Jail Wednesday night.
Officers from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and the Plymouth Police Department and Plymouth EMS were called to the jail as a fight broke in a cell block. Police say before assistance arrived jail officers on duty successfully locked down all of the inmates in the cell block where it had occurred.
Police say one inmate, 22-year-old Zachary D. Cowger, of Plymouth, allegedly battered a jail officer during the incident in one of the cell blocks. The officer was transported to the hospital where he was treated and later released.
Cowger is awaiting trial for several felony charges. Among the charges filed in August is battery on a police officer.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges will be filed through the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office.
