Carter Family’s ‘Bad Peanut’ Helps Save Fellow Inmate
William Carter Spann, the jailed nephew of former President Jimmy Carter and the self-described “bad peanut” of the Carter family, is credited with helping rescue a fellow inmate who apparently tried to hang himself in a cell.
Butte County Sheriff’s Sgt. Helen Ryan said today that Spann, 37, saw the inmate dangling in a nearby cell shortly before midnight Friday and alerted guards. The victim, who was unconscious, was cut down and treated by jail medical personnel.
The prisoner was identified as Mathew Siervonti, 36, who faces 30 felony counts, including murder and multiple sex offenses.
Spann, who has been in and out of California jails since 1969 on burglary, robbery and other charges, was in custody on a parole violation.
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