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Daniel Carrillo, age 27, was booked into Nueces County Jail in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 12, 2018. While still incarcerated, Carrillo died exactly three weeks later, on March 5,…
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Juan Raul Garcia, Jr. passed away while in the custody of the Garza County Sheriff’s Office on February 9, 2018. Information in this post was obtained from a custodial death…
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) oversees county jails and other prisoner facilities in Texas. The laws guiding county jails are found in the Texas Administrative Code. The guidelines…
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Jillian and Andrew Beck called the Las Cruces, New Mexico, Police Department late one night to report that a neighbor was causing a disturbance, reportedly throwing rocks and blowing an…
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On Sunday, February 25, 2018, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a police officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department responded to an 11:10 p.m. call about a vagrant asking for…
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In January 2017, 46-year-old Chris McClure, died after he was allegedly shot twice by an officer in Fulton, Kentucky. One of the shots was allegedly an execution-style shot. It was…
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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…
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A Houston, Texas, driver diagnosed with epilepsy says that seizures caused him to black out as he was driving the night of January 14, 2016. In three separate incidents after…
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On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, a jury’s $3.5 million verdict against the City of Chicago, Illinois, was reinstated by the Illinois Appellate Court. The verdict was in regard to the…
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The Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Department, in Alice, Texas, filed a custodial death report with the Texas State Attorney General on February 22, 2018. The Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Department…
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A man wielding a knife in Denton, Texas, allegedly taunted police officers and advanced on them before allegedly being fatally shot by officers with the Denton Police Department. The alleged…
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On Friday, February 16, 2018, in Killeen, Texas, at about 6:23 pm, Killeen police officers were called to assist at the scene of a crash on Cross Timber Drive. An…
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On August 1, 2016, a 23-year-old woman in Baltimore, Maryland, was involved in an alleged standoff with Baltimore County police. She allegedly had a shotgun, and her 5-year-old son was…
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On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, Guy Anthony Copous Jr. was arrested and placed in the Harrison County Jail in Gulfport, Mississippi. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, two days later, on…
Read More On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, a sheriff in Oklahoma plus three other people were charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2016 custodial death of 58-year-old Anthony Dewayne Huff.…
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On Wednesday afternoon, February 14, 2018, an alleged armed suspect was allegedly fatally shot by Fort Worth, Texas, police officers during a traffic stop. According to Chris Bitt, Fort Worth…
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On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, officers with the Amarillo Police Department received an emergency call that approximately 100 people were being held at a local church in a hostage situation.…
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On Monday, January 29, 2018, the Director appointed to address problems at the New Orleans Jail in New Orleans, Louisiana, quit. There was a status hearing that day, in which…
Read More Roberto Elizondo passed away on January 14, 2018 after an encounter with the Pearsall Police Department in Frio County, Texas. Information we post here was obtained from a custodial death…
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On February 12, 2018, three staffers with Milwaukee County Jail in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were charged with alleged crimes for their alleged roles in the April 24, 2016, death of 38-year-old…
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