Jeffery Drinnon
Jeffery Drinnon died after being held at the Claiborne County Jail. A federal lawsuit filed by his family says deputies used a Taser on him during his arrest, contributing to his death. The lawsuit also says jail staff left him alone in his cell for at least eight hours without medical treatment after he showed signs of methamphetamine toxicity, and that he was found collapsed with labored breathing before being taken to a hospital. He later died there, and the hospital listed the cause of death as a stroke brought on by acute methamphetamine toxicity.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). The hospital listed a stroke brought on by acute methamphetamine toxicity, while his family's federal lawsuit says deputies used a taser on him and jail staff left him alone in his cell for at least eight hours without medical treatment.
Reported by: the hospital where he was taken and died; Drinnon's family, through their federal lawsuit against the Claiborne County Sheriff's Office (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued the Claiborne County Sheriff's office in federal court over his death, and the claims have not been tested in court.