Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged a 27-year- old inmate at the Charles County Detention Center with destruction of a fire sprinkler head and false activation of the fire alarm system.
Investigators and corrections officers determined an inmate, James Benjamin Bryant had damaged the fire sprinkler head which caused localized flooding of his cell and activation of the fire alarm system. The activation of the fire alarm system and subsequent clean-up caused a lock down of the facility and approximately $300 dollars in damages.
The summons was served Jan. 19 at the detention center.
Bryant is charged with causing a False Alarm and Malicious Destruction of Property. If convicted of these charges Bryant could face penalties not to exceed five years and two months additional imprisonment and/or $5,500 in fines.