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Inmate Death
Nature of Incident: | Inmate Death | ||||
Report Number: | 21-98229 | ||||
Location: | Todd Road Jail / 600 Todd Road, Santa Paula, Ca. | ||||
Date & Time: | 07/25/2021 @ 08:48 P.M. | ||||
Unit(s) Responsible: | Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau Todd Road Jail Classification Unit Sheriff’s Legal Unit |
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(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent |
City of Residence |
Age | |||
(D) Gomez, Jocelyn Breanne | Oxnard | 23 | |||
Narrative: | |||||
On 07/25/2021, at approximately 08:48 PM, deputies at the Sheriff’s Todd Road Jail Facility discovered Jocelyn Gomez alone and unresponsive in her cell. Deputies immediately rendered aid and summoned medical staff. Ventura County Fire personnel and AMR paramedics responded to the scene to provide more advanced life-saving efforts. Life-saving efforts proved unsuccessful and Mrs. Gomez was pronounced deceased at the jail. The cause of death is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau, pending autopsy results from the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. As a matter of policy, the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau investigates all inmate deaths. |
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Prepared by: | Sergeant Albert Ramirez | ||||
News Release Date: | 07/26/2021 | ||||
Media Follow-Up Contact: | Captain Eric Buschow (805) 947-8129 [email protected] |
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Approved by: Booking Photo Release: |
Captain Alan Hartkop YES NO |
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Address/Location
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-654-9511