Trial set for men accused of flooding jail

Judge Molly Owen set a trial date of Sept 16 for two inmates of the Lake County Jail, who are accused of flooding the facility. Keilon James Adams, 27, and Cameron Scott Asencio, 33, are charged with felony counts of criminal mischief and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

Adams entered a plea of not guilty to the charges in Polson District Court April 17 and Asencio pleaded not guilty to identical charges in the same court April 10.

According to charging documents, on Feb. 29, sewage backed up into the back office, hallways, cells and kitchen of the jail. Video surveillance of the jail appears to show the two men putting up a blanket in front of the toilet, cutting off the camera’s view of the jail cell.

Prior to the blanket being used to hinder the camera’s view, a pile of towels was shown in the cell. After about 10 minutes, the blanket was taken down, and the towels were in the toilet. The blanket was put up a second time right before the flooding began.

Both men were in custody on other unrelated charges when the incident occurred.

Cameron Ascencio