{"id":1902218,"date":"2023-03-21T14:57:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irvo-otieno-death-virginia-officers-and-hospital-staff-indicted-hours-after-footage-released\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:00:08","slug":"irvo-otieno-death-virginia-officers-and-hospital-staff-indicted-hours-after-footage-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irvo-otieno-death-virginia-officers-and-hospital-staff-indicted-hours-after-footage-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Irvo Otieno death: Virginia officers and hospital staff indicted hours after footage released"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firvo-otieno-death-virginia-officers-and-hospital-staff-indicted-hours-after-footage-released%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">              <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>               <\/p>\n<div id=\"Brid_79411670\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9;\">               <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"Brid_79411670\", {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1266238\"}); <\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span> grand jury of Virginia has indicted seven sheriffs&#8217; deputies and three hospital staffers involved in the death of 28-year-old Irvo Otieno.<\/p>\n<p>The indictments were made public soon after the release of surveillance footage showing several people holding him down and pinning him to the ground until he died. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"431\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"431\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"708\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"708\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">                 An undated photo of Irvo Otieno. He was handcuffed and shackled before being pinned to the ground by deputies and hospital staff, leading to his death. <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 (Courtesy of Ben Crump Law via AP)                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Ten people charged with murder over the death of Virginia man at mental facility<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The <i>Washington Post<\/i> obtained the video hours before it was set to be released to the public by Dinwiddie County prosecutor Ann Cabell Baskervill. The video shows officers from the Henrico County Sheriff&#8217;s Office dragging Otieno out of his room at Central State Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Virginia, on March 6. After handcuffing and shackling Otieno&#8217;s legs, the officers held him to the ground for nearly 11 minutes until he died, while three hospital staffers looked on without intervening. All 10 individuals involved faced second-degree murder charges, which were brought down by the grand jury on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The indicted deputies were identified as Kaivell Dajour Sanders, 30; Dwayne Alan Bramble, 37; Bradley Thomas Disse, 43; Jermaine Lavar Branch, 45; Brandon Edwards Rodgers, 48; Tabitha Renee Levere, 50; and Randy Joseph Boyer, 57. <\/p>\n<p>Ann Cabell Baskervill stated, &#8220;There is video footage of exactly what happened, and he was not agitated and combative. He was held down on the ground, pinned on the ground for 12 minutes by all seven of our defendants charged here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Grand jury confirms indictment of all seven Henrico sheriff&#8217;s deputies and all three Central State Hospital workers in the death of 28-yeae-old Irvo Otieno. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>               <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Though defense lawyers filed a motion to block the release of the footage, Ann Cabell Baskervill announced the release to the public. <\/p>\n<p>Three days prior to his shift to Central State Hospital, Otieno was taken to county jail after he had been struggling with mental health issues for some time. On March 3, he went to a neighbor&#8217;s lawn and took some solar-powered lights, prompting a police officer to arrest him under an emergency custody order. The officer then brought him to the hospital for further evaluation. Although Otieno&#8217;s family supported the decision, they asked the police to be gentle with him. However, the officers reported that Otieno became &#8220;physically assaultive towards officers,&#8221; leading them to charge him with disorderly conduct, three counts of assault, and vandalism. The sheriff&#8217;s deputies moved Otieno back to the hospital on March 6, and this is where the video footage begins. <\/p>\n<p>The preliminary report from the Chief Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office stated that Otieno died due to asphyxiation. <\/p>\n<div id=\"dsk-banner-ad-g\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;What I saw today was heartbreaking, America. It was disturbing. It was traumatic. My son was tortured,&#8221; Caroline Ouko, Otieno\u2019s mother, said when she saw the footage last week. <\/p>\n<p>Otieno&#8217;s family claims that he did not receive proper medication while in jail and denies that he was violent during his stay at the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, this incident takes place close on the heels of the release of violent footage displaying the Memphis Police Department officers beating Tyre Nichols to death in Tennessee. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8216;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/irvo-otieno-death-virginia-officers-indicted-footage-released\">&#8220;Irvo Otieno death: Virginia officers and hospital staff indicted hours after footage released&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A grand jury has indicted seven Virginia sheriff&#8217;s deputies and three hospital staffers involved in the death of 28-year-old Irvo Otieno. The indictments come just hours after the release of the surveillance footage of his death showed people pushing and pinning him to the ground until he died. 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