Four Lyon County Department of Corrections officers were honored during Tuesday’s Lyon County Board of Commissioners meeting for their life-saving actions Aug. 18.
According to Lyon County Sheriff Eric Wallen, about two hours after learning that he will be tried as an adult for his alleged crime as a juvenile, an 18-year-old inmate attempted to take his own life.
“He walks into his cell, grabs a bed sheet and walks out of his cell to the upper tier of our jail,” Wallen said. “He kind of concealed the bed sheet; there were probably 10 to 15 seconds that they could see the bed sheet, and Sergeant Sean Kirk, working the pod control station, once he noticed it, he radioed for officers Ernest Sorensen, Cale Sorenson and Seargeant Isaac Pohlen.”
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