Fire In Lee County Jail

LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lee County correctional officers battled with an inmate after he started a fire in a housing unit.

Around 5:30 this morning, October 31, inmate Rico Lyons started a fire in housing unit F, where 20 inmates were held.

The video, shown above, was taken shortly after and shows Lyons using a mattress and mop to prevent staff from entering the unit.

Lyons’s fire was eventually extinguished, but around 50 beds were damaged across two housing units.

Rico Lyons has an extensive criminal history, racking up 13 charges since 2013.

After today’s incident, Lyons was charged with Second Degree Arson and 6 Counts of Assault on Correction Officer.

Rico Lyons