Dateline Mankato, MN…

A Blue Earth County jailer who hit a prisoner with a Bible in February has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fifth-degree assault.

Under the plea agreement, two gross misdemeanor charges of
mistreatment of a confined person and misconduct by a public officer
filed against James Lee Sheppard, 6, were dismissed.

A jail surveillance video showed part of the February
assault, which was investigated by police after Sheppard reported the incident


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The investigating officer said the video showed Sheppard
hitting the inmate with a book before grabbing him by the throat and
slamming him against a set of steel bars.

According to the criminal complaint, the inmate said he was
reading his Bible when Sheppard took it from him and hit him with it. (Source)

Like Kevin Bussey said, I hope it was not one of those large family bibles.