TUPELO - A Verona man was charged with two counts of assaulting police officers on Monday.

Rico M. Lyons, 20, was charged after an incident in jail. According to a news release from the Lee County Sheriff's Department, inmate Lyons attacked the officers while they were on duty and escorting him inside the facility.

After the attack, Lyons was held without incident, and both officers were treated by the North Mississippi Medical Center and released.

Lyons is being held for probation violation, armed robbery and felony taking of a vehicle.