Imprisoned teen faces charge he made weapon

A teenager serving a 30-year prison sentence for helping his older brother in a deadly Brown County home invasion is facing new charges behind bars.

Blade J. Reed, 17, was charged with a felony Feb. 15 after officials said he created a weapon from part of a fence at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility.

Another inmate told guards Reed had removed and sharpened a piece of metal from a prison fence and was threatening other offenders with it.

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