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 […]
By Gordon rago | Staff writer | July 17, 2019 2:02 PM Sick and begging for help, Regina Marie Honeycutt’s fellow inmates at Norfolk’s city jail saw her in obvious discomfort and throwing up blood. But the jail’s deputies and medical staff disregarded her pleas for help, according to a newly-filed federal lawsuit. Including this […]
By Jonathan Edwards | The Virginian-Pilot | October 19, 2018 9:00 AM NORFOLK The mother of the 17-year-old who committed suicide in a courthouse holding cell last year is suing the sheriff and the city, saying they failed to protect her son, who had a long history of mental illness and trying to kill himself. […]
By Scott daugherty | The virginian-pilot | August 20, 2018 11:35 AM PORTSMOUTH Twenty days before Jamycheal Mitchell was found dead at Hampton Roads Regional Jail, a court clerk called Eastern State Hospital to ask why he hadn’t been transferred, according to recently filed court documents. The call – which has not been reported before […]
By Jonathan Edwards | The Virginian-Pilot | March 27, 2018 3:01 PM NORFOLK At least two Norfolk sheriff’s deputies fired last month after a 17-year-old committed suicide in a courthouse holding cell have been hired by the Portsmouth sheriff. Deputies Kevin Griffin and Harvey Richardson said they were fired Feb. 9 at the end of […]
By Scott Daugherty | The virginian-pilot | February 02, 2018 11:03 AM The day before he died in the Hampton Roads Regional Jail, William Otis Thrower Sr. knew he needed help. In an emergency grievance form filed with his jailers, the 69-year-old inmate said he’d been unable to sleep for four days and “as of […]
By Gary A. Harki | The Virginian-Pilot | August 31, 2016 6:00 PM PORTSMOUTH Inside the Hampton Roads Regional Jail, Henry Clay Stewart knew he was sick. He’d filled out grievance after grievance asking for help, a fellow inmate said. A 60-year-old man incarcerated for violating probation on a shoplifting charge, Stewart was vomiting blood. […]
By Gary A. Harki | The Virginian-Pilot | June 22, 2016 6:00 PM PORTSMOUTH More than 10 months after Jamycheal Mitchell died in the Hampton Roads Regional Jail, Virginia State Police announced they are investigating his death. Until now, no state, local or federal agency had started a formal investigation into how Mitchell died. The […]
By Gary A. Harki | The Virginian-Pilot | May 11, 2016 19:15 PM NORFOLK The FBI might conduct a civil rights investigation into the death of Jamycheal Mitchell at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail. “The FBI is aware of the situation involving Jamycheal Mitchell and our office is evaluating the information available to determine if […]
By Scott Daugherty | The Virginian-Pilot | March 11, 2015 12:00 AM NORFOLK The former chief financial officer for now-defunct Bank of the Commonwealth wants to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission complaint filed two years ago regarding her handling of the books leading up to the bank’s collapse, according to court documents. Cynthia A. […]