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Officials: Luzerne County prison guard, inmate fell to their deaths (Penn.)
Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) ^ | July 20, 2016 | Jennifer Learn-Andes

Posted on 07/20/2016 6:34:02 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County corrections officer Kristopher Moules and inmate Timothy Darnelle Gilliam Jr. smashed through a closed elevator door at the county prison and fell several floors down the elevator shaft to their deaths Monday night, county Manager C. David Pedri said Tuesday.

Describing the situation as a “freak accident,” Pedri said at a news conference that “something happened” to cause the door to jump off its track and open. He said the county has retained a state expert to identify the problem, and he promised to publicly release the expert’s findings and implement any recommended corrective action.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: guard; inmate; pennsylvania; police
Do we see lawsuits in the future?
1 posted on 07/20/2016 6:34:02 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

How exactly do you “smash through a door” in a freak accident?

Sounds more like an altercation to me.


2 posted on 07/20/2016 6:36:35 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Mulder ... Scully ... in my office .....


3 posted on 07/20/2016 6:36:54 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true ... and it ticks people off)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Luzerne County corrections officer Kristopher Moules and inmate Timothy Darnelle Gilliam Jr. smashed through a closed elevator door at the county prison and fell several floors down the elevator shaft to their deaths Monday night

My brother went the same way


4 posted on 07/20/2016 6:39:42 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Twice in two weeks,seems to be a trend
Inmate falls down elevator shaft at downtown Modesto (CA) county jail
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3449744/posts


5 posted on 07/20/2016 6:43:16 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: ConservativeStatement

You can be assured that those thousands of civilians had no part in or knowledge of an attempted coup.


6 posted on 07/20/2016 6:45:01 AM PDT by odawg
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To: ConservativeStatement

Didn’t even have to look at the pictures....


7 posted on 07/20/2016 6:52:59 AM PDT by DickBrannigan (When did logic become reversed, and right became wrong, and wrong became right?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Is this the same elevator fall by an inmate as the one a few days ago or is there a sudden coincidental rash of them?


8 posted on 07/20/2016 8:23:04 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Donglalinger
Twice in two weeks,seems to be a trend

Only 3 days apart.

9 posted on 07/20/2016 8:28:02 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: ConservativeStatement

“Something happened”? The something that happened was Darnell attacked the guard and instead of bouncing off of a wall or door during the attack they broke through the elevator doors and fell.

Guess Darnell didn’t think the doors would break, but unfortunately he took the guard with him when he miscalculated.


10 posted on 07/20/2016 11:45:23 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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