A volleyball match at the Pitkin County Jail on Saturday night netted a bloody lip for one inmate and a misdemeanor assault charge for another.
Officials say Esbilmer Geovanny Perez-Ruano, 28, punched Andrian Arapu in the mouth over a disputed call in a volleyball game held in the jailhouse’s gymnasium. Arapu was treated at Aspen Valley Hospital where he received seven stitches to his lip.
The two inmates were on opposing teams; Perez-Ruano had insisted that the ball went out of bounds, while Arapu had argued it was within the lines, reported Deputy Mario Strobl wrote, based on a statement he collected from Arapu. Strobl, who served Perez-Ruano with a summons for assault, was called into investigate the incident by a jail deputy.
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