Report: Inmate smashed window with wheelchair leg rest

March 24, 2022–5:31 p.m.

FLOYD COUNTY JAIL RECORDS

An inmate at the Floyd County Jail is facing charges of criminal damage to property and interference with government property following an incident on Wednesday.

According to jail records, 18-year old Ashton Skyler Swearinger of Aragon took the leg rest off of another inmate’s wheelchair and used it as a club to bust the window out of his cell.

Swearinger has been in jail since March 4 when he was arrested on charges of terroristic threats and acts and stalking.

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