Virginia deputies charged in man’s death at mental hospital

10 charged in death of Virginia man at mental hospital

Seven deputies and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Irvo Otieno, 28.

Death of Black detainee allegedly suffocated by sheriff’s deputies at Virginia mental hospital prompts multiple murder charges

Three former staff members of a mental hospital in Virginia were arrested and charged Thursday with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a man who was brought to the institution from jail earlier this month. According to Dinwiddie County Commonwealth Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill, Irvo Otieno, 28, passed away on March 6 while he was being admitted to Central State Hospital in Petersburg about 25 miles south of Richmond. Otieno c…

10 people, including 7 deputies, charged in death of shackled man at mental hospital

Prosecutors say Irvo Otieno, 28, died March 6 while being held down during the Virginia hospital admission process.

Ten charged in 'tortured' death of Virginia man at mental hospital

Ten people have been charged in the death of Irvo Otieno, a Virginia man who died on March 6 in Dinwiddie County after being handcuffed, shackled, and pinned to the ground by deputies while experiencing a mental health crisis first at a local jail and then at a state hospital, according to Otieno's relatives and their attorneys.

Three more charged over death of black man pinned down at hospital in US

Three employees at a Virginia state mental hospital have been charged over the death of a man who was handcuffed and pinned down by deputies, bringing the total number charged to 10, prosecutors said.

Three former Virginia hospital staff charged with murder in death of Black man

Three former employees of a mental hospital in Virginia were arrested and charged with second-degree murder on Thursday, a prosecutor said, over the death of a Black man who was transported to the facility from jail earlier this month.