CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The former manager of Agriprocessor Inc. has been moved to an individual cell at the Linn County Jail after getting into a scuffle with another inmate.
Sheriff Brian Gardner says Sholom Rubashkin and another inmate were arguing over the volume of a television Tuesday night when the disagreement turned physical. Authorities say the incident occurred in a common area of the cell block where the men reside.
Gardner says both inmates were put in cells by themselves until a hearing officer decides whether they should face further punishment.
The 51-year-old Rubashkin has been in custody in Cedar Rapids since his conviction Nov. 12 on 86 financial fraud-related charges related or running the Postville kosher slaughterhouse.
A U.S. District Court judge and a three-member federal appellate court panel have denied his efforts to be released on bail.
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Information from: KCRG-TV, http://www.kcrg.com
Sheriff Brian Gardner says Sholom Rubashkin and another inmate were arguing over the volume of a television Tuesday night when the disagreement turned physical. Authorities say the incident occurred in a common area of the cell block where the men reside.
Gardner says both inmates were put in cells by themselves until a hearing officer decides whether they should face further punishment.
The 51-year-old Rubashkin has been in custody in Cedar Rapids since his conviction Nov. 12 on 86 financial fraud-related charges related or running the Postville kosher slaughterhouse.
A U.S. District Court judge and a three-member federal appellate court panel have denied his efforts to be released on bail.
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Information from: KCRG-TV, http://www.kcrg.com
