The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office announced the death of a detainee brought to the jail on Friday afternoon. According to the sheriff’s office, Jason Shad Sanford was brought to the Clayton County Jail around 12:25 p.m. by the Clayton County Police Department after being charged with giving a fake name. At the jail, Sanford was […]
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Mount Vernon cop who shoved detainee into holding cell was fired last year
A Mount Vernon police officer who shoved a handcuffed detainee into a holding cell in 2019, causing her to trip and slam into a wall, was fired from the police department late last year. A hearing officer, Robert Ponzini, found in November that Officer Ryan Hughes violated the department’s policies towards professionalism, performance of official […]
Detainee sets Rice Street Jail cell aflame prompting change of housing, sheriff’s office says
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Saturday night, part of the jail was briefly on fire. According to a Fulton County spokesperson, a detainee, Juan Edwards, set a jail cell on fire, prompting a quick response from jail staff and requiring more than a dozen detainees to be moved […]
Police announce rearrest of Oklahoma County jail detainee after mistaken release
Oklahoma City police revealed the recent rearrest of a detainee who had been mistakenly released from the Oklahoma County jail in mid-December. On Dec. 13, a man called police alleging he had been assaulted by his employer, Pedro Rodriguez Hernandez, 28, in the 2100 block of SW 65 Street. The man said Hernandez struck him […]