WLOS reports that Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams announced yesterday that his office will not initiate criminal charges in the death of Jacob Biddix, who died at Mission Hospital after being transported there when he was found in distress in his cell at the Buncombe County Detention Center. Keep reading for more on this story and other news. Biddix. Jacob Biddix’s death has been in the local news in Asheville since last summer, when WLOS began reporting on the procedures surrounding him being discovered in medical distress, transported to the hospital, and released from custody by a judge over the phone. As the WLOS story in the lead explains, District Attorney Williams concluded after reviewing an SBI investigation case file that Buncombe County Detention Center staff checked on Biddix’s well-being in the time leading up to his medical emergency and there was no evidence that staff demonstrated carelessness, recklessness, or indifference to his safety. Consequently, Williams said that there was no basis for filing criminal charges against any jail staff. Charlotte Shootings. WCNC reports that investigators in Charlotte believe that several recent fatal shootings in the city are connected to students at Hopewell and North Mecklenburg High Schools. On Sunday, 16-year-old Jaylen Xavier Foster was shot and killed on Trinity Road and two other people were transported to the hospital with injuries. A 14-year-old juvenile was charged with murder and other crimes related to Foster’s death. The following Monday night into the early hours of Tuesday, a series of drive-by [...]
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