April 20, 2020:
Antonio Romero, 55, died of a heart attack. The manner of death was determined to be natural. Romero had pleaded guilty to an aggravated DWI charge and was serving his sentence. He was booked into jail on Feb. 27.
Antonio Romero
According to the autopsy report, in mid-April Romero complained of chest pain and was taken to the infirmary, given an antacid, and observed for several hours. According to incident reports, the next day he took a shower, returned to his cell and less than 30 minutes later a guard noticed he didn’t look right. The guard entered the cell and found Romero was not breathing and did not have a pulse. CPR was started, but Romero died.
Mar. 14—Over the past year, nine people in the custody of the state's largest jail have died — and eight of those deaths occurred during a five-month period from August 2020 to January 2021. It's an unprecedented spike, says attorney Peter Cubra, a longtime advocate for inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center. "I've been working around this jail since 1984," Cubra said. "This number of .
• Scott Michael Conklin was appointed counsel for parole violation.
• A March 17 pretrial conference was scheduled for Jomari Morales who faces the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
• A March 26 preliminary hearing was set for Tyson Bryant Peters who faces a charge of possession of a controlled substance.
• An initial appearance was set for March 15 in the case of driving while barred against Austin James Hill.
• A pretrial conference was scheduled for April 21 in the case of driving while license is denied, suspended, canceled or revoked against Alec Sanchez.
• A warrant was issued for Jacob Lee Rowley who is charged with assault causing bodily injury or mental illness.