Crime & Safety
Inmate Dies After Suffering Seizure
Admits to drinking alcohol and being under influence of marijuana when booked into Napa County Jail; Investigation ongoing
A Napa County Jail inmate who suffered a seizure Sunday died the next day at Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a county sheriff's captain said today.
Brandon Whiteley, 25, of Napa, was arrested around 11 p.m. Saturday after a fight in the 700 block of Lincoln Avenue in Napa, Capt. Leroy Anderson said.
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During his booking into the jail for resisting arrest, he admitted he had been drinking and smoking synthetic marijuana, Anderson said.
While Whiteley was being taken to be fingerprinted around 4 a.m. Sunday, he suffered a seizure and jail staff called emergency responders, Anderson said.
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He was resuscitated in the ambulance and was admitted to the intensive care unit at the hospital in Napa, where he died at about 5 p.m. Monday, Anderson said.
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday, and toxicology tests will be conducted, Anderson said.
The Napa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death.
-Bay City News
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