DOVER — Five of the eight inmates charged with starting a riot at the county jail in October were arraigned in Strafford County Superior Court Friday.



Joshua LaPierre, 29, Tino Marino, 35, Christopher Morin, 28, Robert Provost, 22 and Gary Tuttle, 23, were assigned $1,000 personal recognizance bail, a matter that is irrelevant considering they are all currently serving time at the jail, according to staff at the courthouse.



Court records state that on or about Oct. 21 the men joined forces with Thomas Campbell, 26, Ryan Lane, 35, and Jonathan May, 26, and turned against prison guards when directed to retire to their cells. Instead, they armed themselves with a number of broken broom handles and a two-by-four they obtained by destroying another piece of jail property, county attorney Tom Velardi said last week.



Capt. Robert Williams of Strafford County Sheriff’s Office said staff at the jail responded with appropriate force to subdue the inmates.