2 guilty of spitting on prison guard
Transgender infected with HIV and her lover upset with guard, prosecutor says.
By Terrie Morgan-Besecker
Law & Order Reporter
http://www.timesleader.com/news/2_guilty_of_spitting_on_prison_guard_09-19-2008.htmlWILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne County jury deliberated for 5 � hours Friday before finding an HIV-infected inmate and a second prisoner guilty of spitting on a state prison guard.
Shawn Shannon Quinnones, 34, was found guilty of assault by a prisoner, aggravated harassment by a prisoner and recklessly endangering another person. Anthony Gray, 27, was found guilty of aggravated harassment by a prisoner.
Quinnones, a transgender who is infected with HIV, and Gray were accused of spitting on correctional officer Ralph Laiuvara at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas in October 2006. Prosecutors allege the pair, who said they are lovers, were upset that Laiuvara would not put them in cells that were next to each other.
