An inmate accused of causing an evacuation of the Arkansas Community Correction Unit in Texarkana is facing criminal charges in Miller County.
Jeremy Chance Tyler, 22, was serving a 72-month sentence for breaking and entering assessed him last year in Polk County, Ark., in the Texarkana unit of the Department of Community Correction when he allegedly caused officials to order the facility evacuated, according to an arrest affidavit.
Tyler allegedly pulled a fire alarm on the basement floor after filling the basement and a hallway to the first floor with fire extinguisher smoke. Tyler is also accused of smearing human waste on the basement walls.
"Due to Tyler's actions, the prison's daily activities had to be shut down," the affidavit states.
Before the alarm and fire extinguisher spray made an evacuation necessary, Tyler allegedly bragged to other inmates that, "I am about to give you something real good to book me for," the affidavit states.
Tyler has been charged with impairing the operation of a vital public facility and with first-degree criminal mischief. At an initial court appearance May 2, bail was set at $50,000. However, bail is moot in light of the sentence Tyler is already serving.
Formal charges are expected to be filed by the Miller County Prosecuting Attorneys Office in the coming weeks.