Crime & Courts

A towel became a weapon in attack on SC detention center officer

A North Carolina couple is accused of killing their 4-year-old son.
A North Carolina couple is accused of killing their 4-year-old son. FILE IMAGE

A man being held in the Laurens County Detention Center tried to strangle an officer with a towel, the State Law Enforcement Division said.

In a news release, SLED said the man also tried to grab the officer’s pepper spray.

Isaac Isaiah Miller, 22, of Clinton, was charged with attempted murder and carrying a weapon by an inmate.

Miller was previously denied bond on charges filed last August of armed robbery, larceny, possessing a weapon, injuring an animal and damaging a vehicle. In October, he was charged with throwing bodily fluids while in custody.

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