By Luca Powell | Dec 18, 2022 | Richmond.com On the day before Robert Boley’s death, the prison nurse wouldn’t see him. Court records detail how, at the urging of his fellow inmates, Boley lay down in front of the prison medical bay, in the hopes that Arleathia Peck, the on-duty nurse, would take his […]
Sheriff’s deputies in Va. charged in man’s death, prosecutor says
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminWatch CNN video here By Salvador Rizzo and Martin Weil March 15, 2023 at 4:14 a.m. | Original Article The prosecutor said the man died of asphyxiation after seven deputies applied their body weight to him as they attempted to subdue him Seven deputies at a Virginia sheriff’s office have been charged with second-degree murder in […]
$1.3 million payment would settle suit over death in Arlington jail
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy Nick Anderson February 4, 2023 at 4:42 p.m. EST | Washington Post Relatives of a man who died in the Arlington County jail and their attorney would receive about $1.3 million in exchange for dismissal of a lawsuit last year that accused jail officials and a health-care provider of responsibility for his death, according to […]
Jury awards $4 million in Virginia prison death case
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy Luca Powell | Dec 18, 2022 | Richmond.com On the day before Robert Boley’s death, the prison nurse wouldn’t see him. Court records detail how, at the urging of his fellow inmates, Boley lay down in front of the prison medical bay, in the hopes that Arleathia Peck, the on-duty nurse, would take his […]
Mark Krudys presents a CLE on securities arbitrations
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Mark KrudysOn October 18, 2022, Mark Krudys and Texas attorney Sam Edwards presented “Securities Arbitration: Can I Handle One?” to a national group of attorneys.
Virginia board shields jail action plans from public
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy Patrick Wilson | Richmond.com | July 8 2022 The state officials who review jails found a Northern Virginia sheriff in violation of state regulations after the death of a 46-year-old man who was left unattended by medical staff. The Arlington County Jail submitted a corrective action plan to the state on how officials there […]
Arlington Co. jail, sheriff, medical staff sued for $10 million following death of inmate
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy: Glynis Kazanjian | wjla | March 11th, 2020 ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Plaintiffs representing Darryl Becton, an inmate who died under suspicious circumstances at Arlington County Detention Facility in 2020, have filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the jail, the Arlington County Sheriff, and several members of the jail’s medical staff who […]
JUST IN: Family of deceased inmate sues Arlington sheriff, jail healthcare provider
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy: Jo DeVoe | ArlNow | March 11th, 2020 The family of a man who died in Arlington County jail in 2020 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit blaming his death on willfully negligent care by the county and nurses. Darryl Becton, 46, died in the Arlington County Detention Facility on Oct. 1, 2020. A […]
Family Of Man Who Died At Arlington Jail Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy: Margaret Barthel and Jenny Gathright | dcist | March 11th, 2022 The family of a man who died in custody at the Arlington County Detention Center is suing the county sheriff and the jail health provider at the time for negligence, gross negligence, willful and wanton negligence, and violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to […]
Arlington jail personnel, health-care provider are sued over death
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy: Rachel Weiner | Washington Post | March 11, 2022 Darryl Becton died in October 2020. His family asserts in a lawsuit that he was ignored for hours as he underwent severe withdrawal and was left to die in a cell. When Darryl Becton was brought into the Arlington, Va., jail, according to a lawsuit […]
Virginia is moving to shut down Hampton Roads Regional Jail
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by adminBy Gary A. Harki and Margaret Matray The Virginian-Pilot | Original Source APR 27, 2021 at 9:00 AM Click to read the letter from the Board of Local and Regional Jails PORTSMOUTH — The state agency that oversees jails wants to shut down Hampton Roads Regional Jail, where 53 people have died since 2008. The jail has shown “an egregious lack […]