Man accused of Georgia-Alabama killing spree punches jailer

ANNISTON, ALABAMA - Donald Wheat Senior -- accused of a killing spree in Alabama and Georgia -- punched a jailer whose roommate was among the four victims in slayings at an Anniston video store. <br> <br> Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson said the altercation started on Thursday after Wheat covered the surveillance camera in his cell with food and plastic foam from his dinner tray. <br> <br> Three jailers, accompanied by a dog, went to remove the obstruction. Wheat started to taunt the jailers. <br> <br> Corrections officer Jim Rowe said he grabbed Wheat&#39;s collar and forced him to the ground. Wheat then struck Rowe in the face. <br> <br> The 48-year-old Wheat is charged with capital murder in the May 15 slaying of four men at a Blockbuster Video store following a 12-week robbery spree that also left a Georgia man dead and two Alabama women injured. <br> <br> Rowe&#39;s roommate and close friend Doug Neal was one of the men killed in the video store robbery. Rowe said he wants the courts to administer Wheat&#39;s punishment.

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