Supporters rallied outside JSO one year after inmate Charles Faggart was hospitalized following a Duval County Jail incident and later died. His family filed a lawsuit demanding records, including video.
It’s been one year since a 31-year-old Duval County inmate was hospitalized following an unspecified “incident” involving nine corrections officers, who were later reassigned to different positions. Now Charles Faggart’s family is taking their fight for answers to Duval County court.
The Jacksonville Community Action Coalition will hold a vigil and rally at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office headquarters to demand answers one year after the death of a Duval County inmate.
It’s been six months since Charles Faggart was hospitalized and later died from his injuries that occurred while in custody at the Duval County Jail, and there are still few answers behind what led to his death.
Federal prosecutors have elicited witness testimony since the summer about the controversial death of a 31-year-old father at the Duval County jail, according to copies of nearly a dozen grand jury subpoenas The Tributary obtained through a public-records request.
The State Attorney’s Office said on Thursday that the FBI has taken over the investigation into the death of Charles Faggart, 31, who died three days after an “incident” at the Duval County jail left him in critical condition in April.
On Saturday, dozens of family, friends and community supporters gathered in front of the Duval County Jail for a peaceful protest for Charles Faggart and are demanding accountability from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Nearly four months after a 31-year-old man died while in the custody of the Duval County jail, his mother is calling for accountability and answers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A Duval County jail sergeant suspended in the aftermath of the violent death of a 31-year-old chef in April was hired despite having been kicked out of the Marines and a history of arrests for domestic violence and DUI, according to records obtained by the Tributary.
Rallies to call for justice in the case of Duval County inmate Charles Faggart continued on Friday after the officers involved in the “incident” that led to his death were reassigned.
Nine Duval County jail officers who were involved in an unspecified incident that led to an inmate’s death in April have been reassigned to different positions as the investigation continues, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office told News4JAX on Friday.
The autopsy report for a Duval County inmate who died three days after an incident at the jail in April is now in the hands of the State Attorney’s Office, which is investigating Charles Faggart’s death.
Jacksonville community members gathered at city hall before Tuesday’s city council meeting to call for justice in the case of the Duval County inmate, who died three days after an incident at the jail.
Doctors at UF Health who evaluated a broken, bruised and unresponsive Charles Faggart after he’d arrived from the Duval County jail on April 7 concluded he did not have fentanyl in his system or suffer a seizure, contradicting key details released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office about the controversial in-custody death, according to a report from The Tributary, a Jacksonville nonprofit newsroom.
Family, friends, and loved ones gathered Saturday morning to remember Charles Faggart at a private funeral at The Church of Eleven22 Arlington Campus.
The call for action for a Duval County inmate whose critical injuries led to his death in early April continued Tuesday as community activists came together in front of Jacksonville City Hall.
The Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police shared a statement on Wednesday regarding the ongoing investigation into an incident that led to an inmate’s death and that resulted in nine Duval County jail officers being removed from their positions.
After JSO released a partially redacted report of an incident at the jail that led to the death of an inmate, the public has raised several questions regarding transparency in this investigation.
The family of a man who died after an incident involving nine Duval County jail officers last week expressed anger and frustration over the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s decision to publish a heavily redacted report on Monday.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released a report and the names of the nine Duval County jail officers who were involved in the incident that left an inmate dead.
Community advocacy organizations in Jacksonville rallied Sunday after the sheriff announced an unspecified incident that led to the death of a Duval County jail inmate.
The family of a Jacksonville man whose hospitalization and eventual death led to the removal of eight correctional officers and a correctional sergeant from their positions said Friday they have been in communication with representatives from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) who have assured them that the case is a top priority.
Following Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters’ request to the Jacksonville Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help investigate an incident that left an inmate dead and resulted in nine Duval County jail officers being removed from their positions, a former FBI agent gave more insight into how the agency could help in the investigation.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said on Friday her office is “closely monitoring” the investigation into the unspecified incident that left an inmate dead and resulted in nine Duval County jail officers being removed from their positions.
Community advocacy organizations in Jacksonville are voicing concerns after the sheriff announced an unspecified incident this week that led to the death of a Duval County jail inmate.
Since the Jacksonville sheriff announced an unspecified incident that led to the removal of nine corrections staff at the Duval County jail and the death of Charles Faggart, two Jacksonville advocacy groups spoke out to call for accountability and justice.
The attorney for the family of an inmate who was critically injured in an unspecified incident involving nine Duval County jail officers said on Wednesday that the man remained hospitalized and on a ventilator.
The attorney for the family of an inmate who was critically injured in an unspecified incident involving nine Duval County jail officers said on Wednesday that the man remained hospitalized and on a ventilator.
The attorney for the family of an inmate who was critically injured in an unspecified incident involving nine Duval County jail officers said on Wednesday that the man remained hospitalized and on a ventilator.
