Tarrant County sheriff’s office reports year’s first in-custody jail death Saturday
The Tarrant County sheriff’s office has notified the public of the year’s first in-custody death at the county jail Saturday. The inmate, whose identity has yet to be reported publicly by the county medical examiner’s office,
Lawyer for family of man who died in Tarrant County jail calls sheriff ‘out of touch’
Washington said the sheriff’s statement shows that he is “out of touch” with reality and reiterated calls for the release of the full video of Johnson’s death.
Judge dismisses Tarrant County from lawsuit filed by family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in Tarrant County Jail; criminal case continues
A lawsuit filed by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr. has been dismissed, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office. Johnson, a marine veteran, was killed during an altercation inside the Tarrant County Jail in April 2024.
Tarrant County inmate dies after attempted suicide
The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office says an inmate died after an attempted suicide over the weekend. According to the sheriff's office, the 36-year-old was booked into the jail on Feb. 4 and died at John Peter Smith Hospital on Feb. 8 "following complications from an attempted suicide."
Families, activists ask state to deem Tarrant County out of compliance for jail deaths
It appears to be we’ve got problems there,” says the brother of a man who died in sheriff’s office custody in December.
Man dies in Tarrant County Jail — the first this year — after attempted suicide
A 36-year-old man died in the Tarrant County Jail Saturday following complications from an attempted suicide. He was the first person to die in the jail this year.
Tarrant County, six others dismissed from in-custody death civil suit
A judge dismissed Tarrant County and six other defendants from a civil suit over the death of an inmate at the Tarrant County Jail.
Federal judge dismisses Tarrant County from lawsuit in jail death of Anthony Johnson Jr.
A U.S. district judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County in the civil case brought by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who was killed at the county jail in April, according to the ruling issued Friday. In addition to the county, Judge Reed O’Connor dismissed six individual defendants named in the original case, the order states.
Tarrant County dropped from lawsuit over Anthony Johnson Jr.’s death in custody
A federal judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County and six of the named jailers, but nine defendants remain.
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Man dies from complications after suicide attempt at Tarrant County Jail, sheriff says
officials with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The 36-year-old man, identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office as Charles Stephen Johnson, was arrested ...
Threats against Tarrant County officials are dangerous. So is blaming the public and media | Opinion
The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office seems confused about who’s responsible for the unacceptable threats against county ...