Guard accused of urinating on computerAssociated Press
Aug. 31, 2005 10:24 AM
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A state prison guard who was arrested after a drunken brawl at a nightclub may also be charged with urinating on a municipal jail computer, police said.
Willie M. Shannon, 26, of Lacey, employed at Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, was later transferred from the city jail to the Thurston County Jail, where he was booked for investigation of first-degree malicious mischief and then was released after posting bail, according to police reports Monday.
Shannon, Sean W. Dack, 25, of McCleary, who works with Shannon at the prison, and Randy M. Hinchcliffe, 38, of Olympia, who has previous felony convictions and knew Shannon from the prison, were arrested after fighting early Sunday morning at The Vault, police Lt. James Costa said.
Shannon and Dack were fired Tuesday, said Veltry Johnson, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections.
Describing all three as apparently intoxicated, investigators found Shannon and Hinchcliffe had been thrown out of the club after punching and shoving each other, and Dack joined the fray after initially seeming to be trying to break it up, Costa said.
Dack and Hinchcliffe were cited at the municipal jail for disorderly conduct and released, but Shannon, while confined in a holding cell, relieved himself through a protective screen onto a nearby computer workstation, according to police reports.
Damage to the computer, monitor, fax machine and other hardware was estimated at $1,500, and other equipment was rendered unusable because of the contamination, Costa said.
Shannon apologized afterward, Costa added.
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