The lawsuit, filed four days before a similar complaint regarding a jail inmate who died by suicide, alleges that Mitchell Watson of Dexter was exposed to lethal drugs inside the Madison jail and was not given proper medical attention.
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Committee, commissioners OK Somerset County budget, overall 3.1% tax increase for 2024-25
The increase comes after taxpayers were hit with a 9.8% increase last year, due largely to an increase in wages and inflation in the costs of materials and services, according to officials.
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Mother of Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide files lawsuit over ‘reckless and conscious disregard’
The mother of a Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide in the Madison jail two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the county, sheriff and jail officials failed to provide adequate mental and physical health care to inmate Virgil White, of Athens, who was suffering from mental illness.
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Somerset County residents to review proposed budget with overall 3.1% tax increase
Residents can comment on the budget at a public hearing Wednesday evening, which is expected to be followed by a vote to approve or modify the budget by the Budget Committee and then the Board of Commissioners.
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From arrest to recovery: Somerset County Jail unlocks new hope for addiction treatment
Brock Peters, 29, credits an arrest at the height of his opioid addiction with saving his life. After detoxing at the jail, he became part of a pilot program to treat opioid addiction in a different way.
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Somerset County Jail paid 140 correctional officers $133,000 in overtime case
The jail violated their labor rights from 2017-19, when administrators paid correctional officers less overtime wages than they were entitled to per federal labor laws.
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Pittsfield woman convicted on one count and acquitted of another in sex assault case
A jury in Skowhegan on Wednesday found Davina Petchonka, 39, guilty of incest, which is a misdemeanor, and a judge sentenced her to time already served.
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Waterville man who admitted to involvement in terrorist conspiracy now facing assault charge
Xavier J. Pelkey was indicted this week in Somerset County on a count of aggravated assault and authorities say he used a chair to injure another inmate at the county jail, where he was being held prior to pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.
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Pittsfield man arrested after threatening to ‘shoot up’ business where he previously worked, police say
Benjamin Scott Therrien was being held Wednesday at the Somerset County Jail on a charge of terrorizing after threatening to target his former employer, according to Pittsfield police Chief Vicente Morris.
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Athens man dies while in custody at Somerset County Jail
Virgil White, 33, was being held on a domestic violence charge when he was pronounced dead Monday morning at the jail in Madison.