HIV-positive inmate bit officer’s thumb

Thirty-seven-year-old Travis T. Scott was serving a 25-year sentence at Florida State Prison for a 2011, armed burglary in Miami when he was accused of attacking a corrections sergeant. Photo: Florida Department of Corrections.

STARKE—A Miami man was sentenced to 4-and-a-half years after pleading to biting a correctional officer's thumb while the immate knew he was HIV-positive. Thirty-seven-year-old Travis T. Scott was serving a 25-year sentence at Florida State Prison for a 2011, armed burglary in Miami when he was accused of attacking the officer.  According to Department of…

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