Attorney identifies inmate who has ‘catastrophic injuries’ after incident in the Duval County Jail

Action News Jax has learned the individuality of an inmate who was critically injured successful the Duval County Jail successful an incident that has 9 corrections officers disconnected the job.

A verified GoFundMe confirmed Charles Faggart, a section chef, is inactive warring for his life.

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On Tuesday, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced the suspension of 8 corrections officers and 1 corrections sergeant for an unspecified incidental that happened Monday successful the Duval County Jail.

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A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office apprehension study shows Faggart was arrested connected April 1 for home unit charges. Police accidental helium threatened a large woman.

According to GoFundMe, helium owns a section nutrient truck.

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Action News Jax received the pursuing connection from lawyer Belkis Plata of Plata Schott Law, who said she is representing Faggart’s family:

“As counsel for the household of Charles Faggart, I corroborate that Mr. Faggart is the idiosyncratic referenced successful caller reports involving beingness threatening injuries sustained portion successful custody astatine the Duval County Jail. Mr. Faggart remains hospitalized and is connected a ventilator. The household is devastated and demands answers regarding however Charles sustained specified catastrophic injuries portion successful the custody and nether the supervision of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office — a spot wherever helium should person been kept safe.

“This incidental has placed an overwhelming affectional and fiscal load connected the family. Mr. Faggart is simply a begetter to a six-year-old son, who present faces the likelihood of increasing up without a dad.

“The household has established a GoFundMe leafage to assistance with mounting aesculapian expenses and supply enactment for Lincoln during this highly hard time.

“The Faggart household respectfully requests privateness arsenic they await answers. They are calling for a thorough and transparent probe and for those liable to beryllium brought to justice.”

Waters issued the pursuing connection connected Wednesday evening, saying that helium has requested the “investigative assistance of the FBI”:

“Transparency is the instauration of nationalist trust. The public’s assurance successful the integrity of the April 7th captious incidental probe and successful our agency’s committedness to transparency is of paramount interest to me. In that spirit, I spoke with enactment astatine the Jacksonville Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Today, I formally requested the investigative assistance of the FBI to enactment cooperatively with our detectives concerning the incidental that precocious occurred successful the Duval County Jail. This remains an progressive transgression investigation, and determination is nary further accusation that I tin supply astatine this clip astir the facts and circumstances of this captious incident. We volition supply our national partners with each the accusation they request to behaviour their investigation.”

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