Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon said it appeared county jail corrections sergeant Joseph Ray Snow “snapped.” He did not elaborate on the assault but said, “We have no idea what happened. Obviously, it violated our policy and everything we stand for.”
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A Blount County grand jury issued a two-count indictment against Deputy Joseph Ray Snow, 43, on Jan. 26, according to court records made public Wednesday. The latter charge is defined by state law as “any guard or any person having the charge, management or control of any convict who fails to discharge any of the duties imposed upon him by law or in any other way violates any of the provisions of law regulating or governing the inspection, treatment, confinement, working or guarding or the charge, management or control of convicts, state or county, when no other punishment is provided for such failure in duty or violation of law, must, on...
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency investigated the case. Efforts to obtain comments from ALEA were not immediately successful.Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon said the incident happened in late 2022 when the man was brought to the jail on a public intoxication charge. He said the suspect was somewhat disorderly but did nothing that merited an assault.He did not elaborate on the assault but said, “We have no idea what happened. Obviously, it violated our policy and everything we stand for.
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