(Belleville, IL) -- Five inmates at the St. Clair County jail have additional charges being put on their rap sheet. They're being charged with mob action after they allegedly beat three other inmates over cigarettes. The "Belleville News Democrat" reports the five believed another inmate had managed to sneak cigarettes in illegally but when he and his crew wouldn't turn them over, they were attacked. Authorities say there were no cigarettes. The fight broke out in the jail's gymnasium. That's where the inmates are living as the jail combats a problem with overcrowding. The "Belleville News Democrat" reports 500 inmates are currently in custody, but the jail has a maximum capacity of 360. The three inmates who were attacked received medical treatment at the jail. - http://goo.gl/h7bBt
