LYNCHBURG, Va. - Three Lynchburg Jail officers are under investigation on suspicion of assaulting an inmate earlier this year. It all started at midnight May 9 at Lynchburg General Hospital's emergency room, according to search warrants. The three officers, Cory Hancock, Navaron Hartman and Julius Tallant, were transporting Preston Burns, an inmate, to the hospital. Warrants say Preston was there to be medically cleared to go to Western State Mental Hospital in Staunton, Virginia. During the officers' interviews, they told police Burns' injuries were justified based upon how they were trained, according to the warrants.