Report: Ohio guard inquiry not referred to police

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A newspaper reports that a juvenile detention guard in Ohio was fired but faced no criminal investigation after officials found he intentionally hurt a 17-year-old inmate.

The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Summit County Juvenile detention guard Brandon Jones was fired in December after an internal investigation found that he intentionally hurt Anthony Miller and falsified a report about the matter.

Video surveillance shows Jones lift the teen and drive him head-first onto the floor. The report by the Juvenile Court that operates the center says Jones was unprovoked.

Charles Quinn, an attorney who represents Miller and his mother, says the court, police and prosecutors should have followed up.

Court spokesman Don Ursetti could not say why the matter wasn’t referred to police.