Tarrant County, Texas Jail Inmate Jennifer Espinoza Dies in Custody
A Haltom City woman, who was incarcerated in the Tarrant County jail, recently passed away in custody. Jennifer Espinoza, who was only 37 years of age at the time, had been indicted related to possession of a controlled substance. She was booked into the Tarrant County jail on January 10, 2019. However, just a few days later, when a cell check was conducted, she was found to be unresponsive. She was ultimately pronounced deceased. The Texas Rangers will investigate the custodial death. Pursuant to the Sandra Bland Act, a law enforcement agency other than the one involved in the death must conduct the investigation.
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Dean Malone
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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