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Court documents in Forsyth County say a grand jury indicted a nurse in John Neville’s death. Michelle Heughins faces charges of involuntary manslaughter.
Court officials also say a grand jury decided not to indict five officers in Neville’s death.
Neville died in the custody of the Forsyth County Jail in 2019. Neville’s son filed a lawsuit in September 2021 against the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department, five detention officers and a nurse after his father’s death. .
The lawsuit alleges that “detention officers and the nurse who purported to assist Mr. Neville failed to recognize the seriousness of his condition or follow established policies for handling inmates or detainees with serious health conditions or who are experiencing a medical emergency.” . ”, according to court documents.
Neville Death
Authorities said Neville fell from his bunk after suffering from an unknown medical condition and staff moved him to an observation cell. An autopsy report revealed that Neville died from a brain injury after he was restrained.
Neville’s death sparked protests in the city of Winston-Salem in August 2020. Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough announced that the department has banned bent-leg restraints, a tactic jail staff used on Neville. before he died.
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