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Man Dies While Allegedly Undergoing Detox in Jail in McLennan County, Texas

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The McLennan County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Jimmy Lloyd Cummings, Jr.  Mr. Cummings was 56 years of age at the time of his death.  Information in this post was obtained from that report, and we make no allegations of any wrongdoing.

Mr. Cummings was initially incarcerated in the McLennan County Jail on January 6, 2018.  He told jail medical personell that he would like to detox from heroin use.  The jail chose to house him in a single-person cell in the medical unit for observation.  Mr. Cummings became non-responsive approximately three days later, and he passed away after being transported to Scott & White Baylor Medical Center.

Written By: author avatar Dean Malone
author avatar Dean Malone
Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.
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