A Bullhead City woman held on criminal charges will also be prosecuted for assaulting a corrections officer following a disturbance at the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility in Kingman. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the violence broke out last Friday at 10:20 a.m.
Mortensen said Lisa Marie Jamison, 38, ignored a female officer’s directive to inmates to return to their cells.
“Jamison began yelling at staff that she would not lock down, lunged at the staff member and a fight ensued,” Mortensen said. “The victim delivered fist strikes in an attempt to defend herself. A second officer responded and delivered fist strikes to gain compliance.”
Mortensen said Jamison tried to grab items from the officer’s duty belt during the struggle. She was detained and placed in restraints.
“During transport to the medical unit, Jamison again became aggressive towards staff members and attempted to lunge towards them again,” Mortensen said. Jamison was treated, charged with assault and returned to a cell.
Jamison was incarcerated while awaiting trial for failure to appear and for drug related offenses allegedly involving methamphetamine and marijuana. Jamison was placed on probation for four years in December, 2015 for four child abuse convictions in a plea agreement related to a filthy house and pictures of young children holding semi-automatic weapons.
