COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A guard at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County has been arrested after allegedly assaulting an inmate.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Sgt. Johnette Pinckney-Martinez was arrested on Tuesday. RCSD said the arrest came after an investigation into an alleged assault on July 15.

During the investigation, the sheriff’s department said that Pinckney-Martinez’s account of her use of force did not match the other guards’ descriptions who were on the scene during the incident.

RCSD said bodycam footage reportedly shows that Pinckney-Martinez cornered an inmate and struck him several times in the face. She also allegedly hit the inmate with her Taser to the point where it broke. The inmate had to receive stitches for his injuries following

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