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In this November 4, 2009 photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office, shows inmate Douglas Burden. Burden attacked a detention deputy at a jail in Tampa, Fla. Monday Nov. 2, 2009. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says 64-year-old detention deputy Kenneth Moon was working at his desk in a jail pod when Burden charged him, put him in a choke hold and began strangling him. Moon escaped serious injury, they said, because other inmates came to his aid. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, HO)
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Inmates who came to guard's rescue get help, too
The Associated Press
Thursday, November 05, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. — Four inmates who came to the rescue of a Florida jail guard when he was attacked by another inmate may be getting some help of their own.
Deputy Larry McKinnon said Thursday the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will write letters to the inmates' attorneys that can be used on their behalf in court.
The inmates helped save 64-year-old detention deputy Kenneth Moon on Monday afternoon when inmate Douglas Emanuel Burden charged him, put him in choke hold and began strangling him.
Four inmates saw the commotion and came to Moon's aid, including one who reached for the deputy's radio and called for help. The incident was caught on a security video.
The men are in jail for charges including home invasion and attempted murder.
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Nov 05, 2009 - 12:49 p.m. EDT
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