BRIEFLY : THREE INMATES HURT IN BRIEF JAIL BRAWL.SAUGUS - Three inmates suffered minor injuries in a brawl brawl n. 1. A noisy quarrel or fight. 2. A loud party. 3. A loud, roaring noise. intr.v. brawled, brawl·ing, brawls 1. To quarrel or fight noisily. 2. involving about 60 Latino and African-American inmates at the North County Correctional Facility North County Correctional Facility (NCCF) is a Los Angeles County Jail, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Located approximately 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, it is one of four jails located within the Pitchess Detention Center (named after former , jail officials said Saturday. The brawl, which was divided along racial lines, occurred about 9:30 p.m. Friday and was quelled quell tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot. 2. in about five minutes, said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's Deputy Bob Killeen, a department spokesman. The injured inmates were treated at a clinic, he said. No deputies were hurt. Deputies broke up the fight by firing several non-lethal sting-ball grenades. The cause of the brawl at the 3,421-inmate facility remains under investigation, he said. - Daily News |
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