Tippecanoe County Jail Accused of Refusing to Send Pained Inmate to Hospital Until Too Late, Lawsuit Says

Family of San Diego police officer who died in jail parking lot after DUI arrest files lawsuit

The family of a veteran San Diego police officer found dead outside a jail in French Valley after he was released from custody on a DUI offense last year is suing Riverside County on a wrongful death allegation. Lawrence David Orso, 46, of Murrieta had a blood alcohol level of 0.23% — nearly three times the legal limit for driving — when he was arrested by the California Highway Patrol about 2:20 a.m. on Murrieta Hot Springs Road, near the 215 F…

Tippecanoe County jail accused of refusing to send pained inmate to hospital until too late, lawsuit says

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — "You're not getting a free ride to the hospital today." This is what a nurse at the Tippecanoe County Jail allegedly told an inmate suffering from abdominal pain, while downplaying his symptoms as mere "drug withdrawals" and accusing him of "faking it." According to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by attorneys representing Troy Pownell's family, Pownell, 38, was later found seizing on the floor of his jail cell. He was pronounce…