30-year-old Carson City prisoner arrested for felony spitting; could face up to life in prison for the offense
A 30-year-old Carson City inmate was arrested for felony battery by a prisoner and a felony charge associated with bodily fluids after allegedly spitting on a deputy while knowingly having a communicable disease.
According to the arrest report, Kendrick Ethey was arrested Thursday after deputies were distributing inmate medication.
They took his medication from the deputy and placed it in his mouth, but refused to show deputies that he had swallowed the medication and wasn’t hiding it.
Deputies told Ethey to open his mouth to show that he had swallowed his pills, and which point Ethey said, “It is open bitch.”
Deputies told him once again that he needed to show them the inside of his mouth, and again he refused, according to the report.
Deputies then told Ethey that he had lost the rest of his hour “out” and was ordered to return to lockdown within his cell.
According to the report, Ethey ignored commands to return to his cell and went to stand by the phones.
When another deputy came to assist, Ethey slammed the phone against the wall and began to walk towards the stairs.
At the bottom of the stairs, he stopped and turned to face deputies. Deputies say he told them, “If you put your hands on me I’ll knock you out.”
Ethey then took a step towards the deputies, and one deputy drew his taser and ordered him to continue up the stairs to his cell.
Ethey continued up the stairs but at the top, he turned towards deputies and spit on them. The spit hit one deputy in his hair, forehead, and in his eye.
According to the report, Ethey is known to have communicable diseases, and he is aware that “any portion of the bodily fluid contains a communicable disease that causes or is reasonably likely to cause substantial bodily harm.”
The affected deputy further stated he fears that his health and well being could be jeopardized by the inmate.
According to NRS 212.189, a prisoner who knowingly intends a bodily fluid to come into contact with a law enforcement officer while having a communicable disease will be charged with a category A felony, which carries a fine of up to $50,000 and a term of up to life in prison. https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/2010/title16/chapter212/nrs212-189.html
Bail: $30,000
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