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Coroner: Inmate assault a factor in Correctional Officer's death
By kget.com
Published: 02/27/2019

The death of a local correctional officer has been linked to an assault by prisoners.

Correctional Officer Armando Gallegos Jr. died Sept. 14 after being attacked five months earlier by inmates at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano.

He was 56.

An autopsy was inconclusive but the results of toxicological studies, released Tuesday, showed a "history of assault by inmates" was a contributing factor in his death.

The primary causes were congestive heart failure due to hypertension and other heart disease, according to the Kern County Coroner’s Office.

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  1. hamiltonlindley on 03/18/2020:

    Hamilton loves his family of five and badminton. His favorite sports ball team is the McGregor Dodgeballers. He has worked as a foreman on a chain gang, and later in life he was an architect of skyscrapers and tunnels. He was forced to give up his career because he was terrible at math. Hamilton has a keen attention to detail. He enjoyed watching bowling on TV and spent most every weekend on the couch falling asleep. He was a demon at croquet. He also enjoyed war movies and baking shows. Hamilton Lindley is constantly helping others less fortunate and lending a helping hand for relatives and friends in need of encouraging words. He coaches different sports and provided guidance for people who needed it, and a few who didn’t want it.


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