CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in east Tennessee say a jail inmate has died following a fight.
Bradley County Sheriff’s Office spokesman James Bradford says inmate Billy Joe Rogers died Sunday at a Chattanooga hospital, three days after he was found unresponsive in the Bradley County Jail.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press (https://bit.ly/1rac5Eq) reports Rogers had been in a fight with another inmate Thursday.
The sheriff’s office says Rogers had being jailed on a charge of failing to appear in court on felony charges accusing him of allowing his dogs to run loose and maul a woman last May.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the jail fight.
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Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, https://www.timesfreepress.com
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