Charlotte Correctional prisoner charged for death of another inmate

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State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.

William Tulenko was charged with strangling fellow inmate James Howze to death.

This happened in February.

Tulenko already had another case pending for the death of a different inmate in another county.

Howze was serving time for homicide home invasion and also had a charge for an inmate death in another county.

“Due to the defendant’s prior history, it is highly likely we will seek the death penalty in this case,” said Fox during a press conference on Friday afternoon.

The state attorney’s office told WINK News they are not taking questions at this time since this is an active case.

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