NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A prison inmate in Cleveland County is accused of stabbing another prisoner with a sharpened pork chop bone. Lexington Correctional Center inmate Erenesto Hernanced-Rosales, 39, was charged Wednesday with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
According to correctional officers, Hernandez-Rosales got into a fight with the other inmate on Nov. 28 and stabbed the man under the left eye with the bone. The bone had been sharpened and fashioned into a weapon.
Hernandez-Rosales admitted that he tried to stab the man's eye out, the correctional officers said.
Hernandez-Rosales is serving an eight-year sentence from Kay County for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
A spokeswoman for the Lexington Correctional Center said the inmate, who was not identified, was not seriously injured.
``It did break the skin, but it hit that cheek bone below the eye socket, so the injuries were not life-threatening,'' said spokeswoman Genese McCoy. ``He was very lucky.''
According to correctional officers, Hernandez-Rosales got into a fight with the other inmate on Nov. 28 and stabbed the man under the left eye with the bone. The bone had been sharpened and fashioned into a weapon.
Hernandez-Rosales admitted that he tried to stab the man's eye out, the correctional officers said.
Hernandez-Rosales is serving an eight-year sentence from Kay County for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
A spokeswoman for the Lexington Correctional Center said the inmate, who was not identified, was not seriously injured.
``It did break the skin, but it hit that cheek bone below the eye socket, so the injuries were not life-threatening,'' said spokeswoman Genese McCoy. ``He was very lucky.''
