MICHIGAN CITY —
Indiana State Prison says an inmate facing murder charges held a prison employee hostage for 90 minutes before surrendering.
Prison Superintendent William Wilson says Scott Nicholson assaulted a correctional officer about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, then took another employee hostage at the prison in Michigan City. Wilson says the second employee sustained superficial cuts.
The 42-year-old Nicholson was convicted Friday in Madison County of attempted murder for using a piece of his wheelchair to beat an officer at the Pendleton Correctional Facility in 2007. He’s also charged with murdering an inmate at the Miami Correctional Facility in 2003.
Nicholson was sentenced to 42 years in prison for a 1998 conviction for armed robbery, criminal confinement and attempted drug dealing.
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