Five inmates at the Saline County Jail have been charged with aggravated battery of another inmate Sunday.

31-year-old Dominic Meyers of Wichita made contact with a corrections officer about 8:30 saying he needed to leave the pod.

Meyers was taken to Salina Regional Health Center for treatment of a broken left ring finger, broken nose, and a concussion.

Following an investigation the following inmates were charged with aggravated battery. They are:

• 18-year-old Blake Nicol of  Salina,  who is in jail on drug charges.

• 38-year-old Kenneth Williams of Salina, who is in jail on drug charges.

• 23-year-old Zachary Payton of Ft. Wayne Indiana, who is in jail  on robbery charges.

• 20-year-old Michael Wagoner of McPherson, who is in jail on warrants and probation charges

• 23-year-old Timothy Stone of Abilene, who is in jail on probation violation charges.

 

The five inmates claimed that Meyers had made racial comments to other inmates.