] TOMS RIVER -- One of the 18-year-olds accused of
] bludgeoning to death eight birds at a Lacey zoo sustained
] a broken jaw, a fractured nose and other facial injuries
] after he was assaulted by fellow inmates at the Ocean
] County Jail.

Not that I think violence is the answer, but ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!

] Ronneberg, Thomas Cavanaugh of the Forked River section
] of Lacey and Matthew Mercuro of Waretown, all 18, were
] arrested May 21 and accused of entering Popcorn Park Zoo
] and bludgeoning to death three ducks, three emus and two
] rheas with a rake, a piece of PVC pipe and a shovel.

] Ronneberg was assaulted in his cell on Friday after his
] attackers came in through his unlocked door. Many inmates
] have access to a day room during certain periods, and
] their cells are unlocked so they can go there.

] Ronneberg lost a tooth in his lower jaw and needed
] stitches to close a wound on his face. A deep blue bruise
] sagged below his left eye.

] "There is a possibility he could be assaulted again,"
] [Warden] Hutler said. "This is jail, and it goes with
] the turf."