By Adrienne Mayfield | Wavy | January 16, 2020 1:42 PM PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A $7 million wrongful death lawsuit was filed Wednesday against eight Portsmouth Police Department officers after a pregnant woman died while in a holding cell at the city jail. 28-year-old Carmeita Jane VanGilder died while in a holding cell at […]
By Adrienne Mayfield | Wavy | July 15, 2019 6:29 PM PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — An inmate who died in October complained of overwhelming stomach pain and bloody vomit to the correctional and medical staffs at two local jails in the days and weeks before her death. Now her father is suing the leadership of […]
By Adrienne Mayfield | Wavy | July 17, 2019 1:41 PM SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – An inmate died after a Western Tidewater Regional Jail doctor allegedly misdiagnosed a serious medical emergency as a methadone withdrawal, according to court documents. The inmate complained that his “insides” felt like they were “on fire” and asked to go […]