Two men already in custody at the Hennepin County Jail have been charged with first-degree assault for a planned attack that left another inmate with permanent hearing loss.
The incident happened around 2:43 p.m. on July 16 in the Quad 14 dayroom of the downtown Minneapolis jail.
Surveillance video captured Joshua Anthony Jones, 37, and David James Cook Jr., 28, coordinating an attack on another inmate who suffered significant injuries to his ear, including a near-complete eardrum tear and long-term hearing damage…