surveillance cameras captured soto throwing hot coffee into hill s face, then unleashing a barrage of puniches. he ll have difficulty defending himself. deputies responded within 90 seconds, but the damage was done. break it up. break it up. this eye is swollen. this got a lot of coffee in it. i have second degree burns on my neck and my chest area. it s part of the life-style. it s normal. i usually heal pretty fast. just a minor set back for a major come back. 13 days earlier, hill was released from prison where he was serving time for burglary. after seven days on the outside, he was arrested on a new charge of aggravated robbery to which
some here believe that includes soto himself. surveillance cameras capture him in his housing unit pouring hot coffee into a large cup. he takes a sip of the coffee and approaches a group of inmates including da nell hill, a member of a different gang, the bloods. soto suddenly throws the coffee in hill s face and pursues him with a barrage of punches. hill recovers enough from the surprise attack to back away, but soto is soon on him again. with hot coffee in his eyes and burns on his torso, hill tries to fight back, only to slip on spilled coffee. and these maximum security housing units, inmates are supervised by deputies and secured observation stations who have now called for back up to restrain the inmates. one minute and 25 seconds after
the start of the fight, a team of deputies swarmz the unit. the action is caught on a body camera worn by sergeant link. break it up. right now. i had a taser out ready in case he did not comply. the deputy took the suspect to the floor. he is complying at this time. hill is removed from the unit and escorted by sergeant link and sheriff s deputies to the jail s medical clinic. we re going to clean you up. what s your name, snir hill, darnell hill. after medical staff provides initial treatment for his burns, hill is taken to a local hospital for observation. soto injured his thumb and wrist and had they have wrapped. sergeant link attempted to find out the cause of the fight and was not surprised by the results. they all say, we don t know what happened. they don t want to talk. it wasn t something between the inmates and none of them will talk about it. ain t no such thing as a fair
he has pled not guilty. hill says he was in soto s housing unit for two days before the attack. i didn t know him. i ve never seen him before. in a gang, things just happen some time. i don t know what it was for. comes with the life-style. i think that every day this is going to be it. i don t know if i m going to live to see the next day, but some make it and some don t. hill receives daily treatment for his burns in the jail s medical clinic. you re just having fun now. stop it. i m trying to clean it. we don t clean it, it could get infected. i know that burn is going to take a long time and he s been really tough. he s acting like it doesn t hurt him at all. he s saying he doesn t care. he s tough. i don t know how he s doing it, but i couldn t. it s a lot worse than i
his left eye will heal fine. he s seeing well out of it so we re not overly concerned about it. it s the eye he s having loss of vision in that we re more concerned about. can you see light? looks like two. you can see a finger. yeah. he s going to need some close follow-up with the eye doctors to make sure his eye heels appropriately and we give him the best chances to have a full function down the road. this doesn t even hurt? no. it s just a burn. despite his injuries, hill says he will not press charges against soto. can t tell. tale that will follow you. pressing charges gets you in trouble. it s just the way it is. comes with the life-style. what i know about life-style there is usually retaliation. could be. danel hill. you don t know the man you threw