A man awaiting trial in the Lexington County Detention Center lost part of his finger when a corrections officer slammed a cell door on him, a newly filed lawsuit claims.
Attorneys for the man, Parris Sutton, filed the lawsuit in Lexington’s common pleas court Nov. 25, accusing the sheriff’s department of gross negligence and negligent hiring and training of its employees.
Sutton was being held as a detainee at the detention center in November 2023, awaiting trial where he eventually pleaded guilty to assault and attempted murder, when officers claimed they smelled smoke coming from his cell and proceeded to search it…