Budge & Heipt in the News category
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The Everett Herald has published an in-depth story on a prison death case being handled by Budge & Heipt. From Sunday Everett Herald, February 26, 2017: At the Centralia home of Stephanie Powell Leisure, her brother’s ashes share space on a shelf with a toy bunny who also appears to have been well-loved. Gordon “Casey” […]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting on the latest developments concerning the death of a jail inmate from dehydration. Budge & Heipt represents the estate of the deceased jail inmate, Terrill Thomas. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 22, 2017: Inquest ordered in inmate’s dehydration death Jacob Carpenter , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 5:05 p.m. […]
Westword, a Denver-based weekly, is reporting on the in-custody death of John Patrick Walter. The jail death case, being handled by Budge & Heipt, involves allegations concerning withdrawal from Klonopin – a benzodiazepine (or “benzo”) within the same class of drugs as Xanax, Ativan, Valium and others. Benzo withdrawal, like alcohol withdrawal, can be extremely […]
The Colorado Springs Gazette has published an exclusive article on a case being handled by Budge & Heipt involving the jail death of a pretrial detainee from prescription drug withdrawal. From The Colorado Springs Gazette, December 19, 2016: Gazette exclusive: Agonizing death of a Fremont County jail inmate drew little official inquiry By: Lance Benzel […]
October 27, 2016: CNN is reporting on a jail death case being handled by Budge & Heipt. The case arises from the tragic and preventable death of Michael Sabbie, a husband and father of four, while confined in a jail run by a private for-profit corporation. Video from the events captured Mr. Sabbie pleading for […]
September 15, 2016: Fox 6 News Milwaukee Reports on New Findings in Jail Death Case: Homicide from Dehydration MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says the death of Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office inmate Terrill Thomas has been ruled a homicide. Terrill Thomas, charged in connection with a shooting Friday, April 15th at Potawatomi […]
From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (July 4, 2016): By Cara Lombardo, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Two months after a Milwaukee County Jail inmate was found unresponsive in his cell, his family still doesn’t know how he died. Terrill Thomas was arrested April 15 after shooting a man in the chest and later firing two shots in […]
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office also withheld crucial information on inmate’s death, a lawsuit says A Fremont County jail inmate suffered psychotic delusions and physical abuse by deputies before being found naked and dead on his cell floor in April 2014, according to a federal lawsuit. John Patrick Walter’s death is the fault of Fremont […]
A Fremont County jail inmate died naked on the floor of his cell after he was deprived of a prescription medication and beaten by guards during bouts of withdrawal-related psychosis, a lawsuit alleges. John Patrick Walter, 53, had nine broken ribs and other injuries when Fremont County sheriff’s deputies found him unresponsive while making their […]
MONROE — The family of a man killed at the Monroe Correctional Complex last year has filed a federal lawsuit alleging officers at the prison failed to protect him from a fellow inmate spiraling out of control. Under federal rules, the complaint does not name the state Department of Corrections as a defendant. Instead, it […]
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