Inmate dies after fight in Aiken jail

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AIKEN --- The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating an Aiken jail fight that left one inmate dead and another charged with murder.

According to a statement released by SLED, Dale Sengelman, 55, of Orangeburg, an inmate accused of lewd acts on a minor, suffered a fatal injury after he was punched in the face by fellow prisoner Andrew York shortly after dinner Tuesday night.

He fell, hitting his head and fracturing his skull, and later died at Medical College of Georgia Hospital, according to SLED.

SLED agents say Mr. York has been charged with murder.

Mr. York, 37, has been in the jail since March on a breach of trust charge. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

Authorities haven't said what sparked the fight.

Mr. Sengelman had been in the jail since July, when he was charged with two counts of lewd acts on a minor younger than 16.

The Orangeburg Times & Democrat reported last summer that Mr. Sengelman was arrested after allegations that he had fondled two children while working in Salley.

Reach Preston Sparks at (803) 648-1395, ext. 110, or preston.sparks@augustachronicle.com.

Comments

APiratesLife4Me

Thanks Mr. York. You just done the world a favor!

pthsssh

I can't believe he done kilt Santa Claus!

pantherluvcik

Amen APiratesLife4Me!!!!!!!

MJDW

justus4 take a look at the pictures

InChristLove

Justus4...open mouth, insert foot!!

InChristLove

I appologize for my last post. I shouldn't have been sarcastic but I get so tired of reading justus4's racial postings.

independent mind

one thing prisoners do not like is child molesters. looks like that santa was a perv

pofwe

What "sounds like a minority ... the poor police people can't help themselves," to justus4 is just another one of his racist, unfounded comments that cements him as a fool.

noway

justus may want to look at the pictures...where IS the minority? ignorant.

Tots

Amen to INCHRISTLOVE. WE all get tired of all the racial comments on here.Guess it makes them feel good.

random701

Whites are the minority now. Or at least I'm guessing.

Georgiais1

Now that the molester is dead, how fast can we get rid of the murderer. 2 for the price of one.

easy breezy

Well it's always been said that child molesters don't make it very long in jail.

Lippy

York looks pretty young. I wonder if Santa tried to hit on him, sparking the knockout punch?

toppergem

Santa is dead...what about Christmas?

NA10S

toppergem...do you not know what the meaning of Christmas is???? Do you not understand that the person behind Christmas left his earthly life a long long time ago??? Whatever anyway....Mr Sengleman was just a lost man with a white beard...not SANTA!

Lippy

wow NA105. wow.

TheShep

I love how Justus says something ignorant and disappear.

drumbeater1

justus4...you have no way of knowing this but i am white. if by some measure of luck i push you off the 5 th street bridge, and you drown...is that murder ???
of course not, as any fool should know how to swim, right ???

toppergem

toppergem...do you not know what the meaning of Christmas is???? NA105, I was responding to an earlier post in jest. You don't have to take things to the extreme nor do you have to try to be so personal. It seems to me you are the one who needs to be reminded of the true meaning of Christmas...and then maybe your attitude will be different.

wizzardx1

Have ANY of you fine upstanding christians EVER heard of innocent until proven guilty? Usually, all of you are spouting christian beliefs.Now, all you can think of is "show me the blood"Why are you not praying for this person soul?Two pics of obviously white men and some idiot can interject racism.

FallingLeaves

Thank you.

Taylor B

A child molester that looks like santa claus? At least he knows his audience. What a creep

momofthree

Sorry all there is no Santa Clause........................

marien

He looks like Santa to me, so I knew the kids were also confused.

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