DEER PARK, Texas (AP) - Autopsy results are pending after an inmate failed to wake up after being booked in a Houston-area jail.
Deer Park police are investigating the death of 26-year-old Nicholas Moreno of Shoreacres.
Police Chief Gregory Grigg says Moreno had been sleeping alone in his cell for almost five hours when guards noticed he was not breathing early Monday.
Grigg says Moreno was in a wreck over the weekend and Shoreacres police later arrested him Sunday at his home after learning he was wanted on two outstanding traffic warrants.
Grigg says Moreno asked if he could take a soft drink and what he called his "sleep medication" into jail. The police chief says Moreno was not allowed to take any of the antidepressant and the medicine was turned over to a jailer.
An internal investigation will be done.
No comments:
Post a Comment