7 Monroe Co. jail personnel, nursing staff indicted in death of elderly man confined in restraint chair for hours

Seven indicted following Isbill death in custody

After the cause of death for Elijah Lester Isbill was changed from natural causes to homicide, seven indictments have come down from the Monroe County Grand Jury in the man’s death.

UPDATE: 7 jail staff, nurses indicted in death of retired preacher confined for hours in restraint chair

Monroe County District Attorney General Stephen Hatchett plans to present a criminal case to a grand jury after the death of a 74-year-old man held for nine hours in a restraint chair, leading to the amendment of his death to homicide.

Seven people indicted after Monroe County in-custody death ruled a homicide

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Seven people were criminally charged on Wednesday in the death of Lester Isbill while in the custody of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. The indictment comes shortly after the death was reclassified as a homicide. Isbill, 74, died in the early hours of February 7 after he was arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to the Monroe County Jail the previous day. He was placed in a restraint chair with his head…

7 Monroe Co. jail personnel, nursing staff indicted in death of elderly man confined in restraint chair for hours

A grand jury met Wednesday. Indictments address current and former jail personnel as well as people who worked in nursing there.

Seven Individuals Indicted, Charged Following In-Custody Death

MONROE COUNTY – An investigation conducted by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment of three now former correctional officers, one additional correctional officer, one correctional sergeant, and two jail nurses. On February 7th, at the request of 10th Judicial District Attorney General Steven Hatchett, TBI agents began investigating the in-custody death of Elijah Lester Isbill (DOB 5/19/1950). …