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Hostage Situtation At County Jail Ends Peacefully

New York Daily News

A Trumbull County jail guard taken hostage by three inmates Wednesday has been released unharmed. The inmates have been taken to a maximum-security facility. Sheriff Tom Altiere says the guard was not physically harmed after being held for several hours.

Altiere says one of the inmates was being held on murder charges and has threatened guards in recent weeks.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.