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Inmates Charged With Assault After Jail Fight In St. Mary's County

Fireworks flared inside the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Maryland on the Fourth of July when two inmates attacked each other and are facing new charges.

Leonard Charles Hall III (left) and Nikko Muhammad Mason-Coates

Leonard Charles Hall III (left) and Nikko Muhammad Mason-Coates

Photo Credit: St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office

Lexington Park resident Nikko Muhammad Mason-Coates, 19, and 27-year-old Leonard Charles Hall III, who has no fixed address, were involved in a physical altercation on Monday, July 4, the sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday, July 12.

Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the facility in Leonardtown, where video footage of an assault captured showed Hall and Mason-Coates engaging in a physical altercation after getting into an argument.

During the incident, investigators said that each man struck the other in the head and upper torso multiple times before the fight was broken up. Minutes later, Hall then allegedly struck Mason-Coates in the face unexpectedly.

Both men, who are incarcerated for separate incidents, have been charged with second-degree assault, according to the sheriff’s office. No new court date has been announced by authorities.

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