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Two San Diego sheriff's deputies failed to recognize or respond to a jail inmate's medical emergency after he told them he was having trouble breathing and minutes later he collapsed and died in Central Jail, an independent review has found.
SAN DIEGO — A 41-year-old man who died in November while jailed at the George Bailey Detention Facility succumbed to an accidental fentanyl overdose, sheriff’s officials reported Tuesday. Omar Younes Hasenin — one of eight San Diego County jail inmates who died within a 49-day span — was found unresponsive in his cell at the Otay Mesa jail shortly after 3 p.m. Nov 3, according to a news release from sheriff’s Lt. Thomas Seiver. Deputies and medical staff performed first aid until relieved by fire department paramedics, who pronounced Hasenin dead at the scene, Seiver said. Haseni...
SAN DIEGO — A 43-year-old San Diego County inmate who died in October after collapsing in a jail recreation yard died of a medical issue brought on by natural causes, authorities reported Tuesday. Anthony Chon collapsed around 7 a.m. on Oct. 16 in a recreation yard at the downtown San Diego Central Jail and died a short time later at a hospital, according to sheriff’s officials. Chon is also identified as Anthony Chom in court records. His death, along with those of several other inmates within a span of a few weeks, was first reported last month by The San Diego Union-Tribune.