Associated Press | The Washington Post | Feb. 25, 2020 NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia jail guard ignored an inmate’s cries of pain and medical personnel did nothing to help him before he died, according to a lawsuit filed by his estate. The lawsuit said that when one officer at Hampton Road Regional Jail spotted […]
By Scott Daugherty |The Virginian-Pilot| Feb. 25, 2020|A1 It was obvious the Hampton Roads Regional Jail inmate was in severe and constant pain, other inmates would later say. But the jail’s correctional officers and medical staff did nothing last year to help 62-year-old Victor Rhea Fountain before his death, according to a new lawsuit. When […]
By Michelle Dmytryszyn | The Central Virginian |Feb. 13, 2020 A long-time employee is suing Louisa-based Virginia Community Bank, its holding company and four other defendants for $12 million, claiming she and her colleagues were cheated out of their retirement benefits. The class action lawsuit was filed in August 2019 in federal district court in […]
By Margaret Matray | The Virginian-Pilot | Feb. 13, 2020 But instead of calling EMS or driving to a hospital, officers took her to the police department, according to the suit. Less than three hours later — and despite calls for help — the 28-year-old died in a police lock-up cell, the lawsuit says. Now, VanGilder’s parents […]
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 […]
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 […]