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| Inmate gave no warning of being suicidal |
| By nvdaily.com |
| Published: 02/28/2012 |
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WINCHESTER, VA -- A regional jail inmate who died in an apparent suicide Sunday gave workers no warning signs he would hurt himself, the facility's chief said Monday. Officers at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center found 40-year-old Jon E. Cirksena unconscious in a cell lying on the floor next to his bunk at about 2 p.m. in what appeared to be a suicide attempt, according to a news release from the jail. Officers entered the cell and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation pending the arrival of emergency medical services workers. Frederick County Fire and Rescue workers took Cirksena to Winchester Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at about 2:45 p.m., according to the release. Law enforcement had brought Cirksena to the jail Saturday at 3 a.m. on a charge of felony shoplifting. A magistrate ordered Cirksena held at the jail on a $5,000 secured bond Saturday, and he likely would have appeared via video for his arraignment in court today, according to Superintendent Bruce Conover. Conover said Monday he would not release details of the incident, including what officers discovered in the cell given the sensitivity of the situation. But Cirksena, who has spent time in the jail for previous convictions, showed no signs he would try to hurt himself, according to Conover. "As a matter of fact he was screened twice, once upon intake, and asked a series of questions that are designed to identify any ideations of suicide or self-harm, and he gave no indication that he was intending to hurt himself," Conover said. Read More. |
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