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On the witness stand, Dr. Dianne R. Vertes told a State Supreme Court judge she hadnt spoken to anyone associated with Erie County while testifying. But a subsequent admission in

These details, revealed in court in recent days as a former top jail official took the witness stand in the civil trial over Richard Metcalf Jr.s death, shed light on

Erie County Sheriffs Sgt. Matthew Cross put both the "spit mask" and the pillowcase "loosely" on Metcalfs head, but he didnt tie the mask and didnt see who did, he

An Erie County Holding Center inmate died in 2012 because jail deputies asphyxiated him with their restraint methods, a prominent forensic pathologist told a State Supreme Court jury this week.

The Erie County Sheriffs Office believes the original file of its investigation into the 2012 death of Holding Center inmate Richard Metcalf Jr. was destroyed when it shouldnt have been.

The jail staffs failure to chemically sedate Metcalf was a departure from accepted medical standards and a substantial factor in causing Metcalfs death, Dr. Ana Natasha Cervantes testified at the

Dr. Dianne R. Vertes, former chief medical examiner for Erie County testified last week that she retired from her county post 11 years ago after a dispute over the cause

Dr. Dianne R. Vertes, whose testimony lasted nearly 11 hours over four days, reached conclusions in 2013 that the state body that polices New Yorks jails later said it "unilaterally

The trial against Erie County and five current and former deputies in the death of Richard A. Metcalf Jr. is seven or eight witnesses behind schedule, State Supreme Court Justice