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Deputies Accused of Playing Cruel Trick

DAYTON, Ohio (CN) - A jail inmate claims two Franklin County Sheriff's deputies forced him to place his penis on an open bologna sandwich so the deputies could photograph it, and that the two then fed the sandwich to another inmate, and then taunted the man with the photo.

Todd Triplett, who is black, sued the county, Sheriff Jim Karnes, and Deputy Joseph Cantwell, who allegedly ordered him to put his penis on the sandwich and photographed it with his cell phone, and Deputy Phillip Barnett, who allegedly held the sandwich for the photograph.

Triplett demands damages for civil rights violations and assault and battery. He is represented in Franklin County Court by Byron Potts.

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