Riddle in more trouble after beating jail inmate

A third round of felony charges face Susej Riddle as the jail escapee and alleged armed robber now faces additional time for severely beating another inmate.

Riddle, 19, is charged with aggravated assault for his latest brush with the law which happened in his cellblock, just two months after he escaped from Warren County Jail along with Michael Wright Jr., 19.

Riddle is accused of attacking David Wayne Dugas, who was being held there on burglary charges, while the inmate was on the telephone. According to Sheriff’s Captain Tommy Myers, the attack left Dugas with serious injuries, thereby bringing the charge of aggravated assault which carries three to six years in prison.

‘David was hit in the face and knocked down and kicked,’ Myers said in the warrant against Riddle. ‘He has a broken nose and black eye.’

The attack, which happened around 9:45 p.m., happened in the common area of the cellblock where inmates are allowed out of their cells to use the phone and walk around. Riddle, who had been under restrictions as in-house punishment for his recent escape, will likely be placed under lockdown again for the attack.

It was two months ago Riddle and Wright used bed sheets to lower themselves from their cell window into the exercise yard after kicking out the glass and removing a window bar. They then used a blanket to cross the razor wire to freedom as jailers gave chase.

They were both captured in separate raids the following day. They were the first inmates to escape the new Warren County Jail, exposing a flaw in its design which will likely require modifications to the building.

At the time of his escape, Riddle was being held on aggravated robbery charges for allegedly robbing a pizza deliveryman at gunpoint at a local apartment complex.

With the combined charges, Riddle could now face up to 22 years in prison if given the maximum on each.