Prison Worker Unhurt In Hostage Incident
POSTED: 12:28 pm PDT June 25,
2008
UPDATED: 1:30 pm PDT June 25,
2008
WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- An inmate took a jail worker hostage at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility on Wednesday morning, authorities said.Oregon Department of Corrections officials said the corrections worker remained calm despite 40-year-old John Brown taking him hostage.Corrections officers were able to resolve the incident peacefully and no injuries were reported.Brown, who is serving a two-year sentence for a robbery in Multnomah County, will be taken to another corrections facility.
Because of the incident, the male intake center was on full lock-down status as of noon Wednesday. The female medium-security facility was on modified lock-down status.
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