EUGENE – On March 5 at 11:30 a.m. at the Lane County Jail, a Lane County Sheriff’s deputy assisted a nurse with medication distribution in a housing area. John Paul Lockhart, 62, of Medford, was out of his cell for his dayroom time, which custodians are given throughout the day in all housing areas. As the deputy was assisting the nurse and another inmate, Lockhart ran at the deputy and began striking him with a…
LCSO deputy assaulted in jail
