Ronald D. Hallenbeck
Ronald D. Hallenbeck, 55, of Oswego, was held at the Oswego County Jail for more than a month before he died on February 29, 2020, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse. According to the New York State Commission of Correction, cited by Syracuse.com, jail staff left him without medical care for about four hours on February 25, 2020, while he struggled to breathe, and the commission found his death could have been prevented. The commission listed his cause of death as complications of diabetes mellitus with bronchopneumonia. The Oswego County Sheriff's Office declined to comment, and his wife, Joanne Hallenbeck, is suing the jail, physicians and the sheriff's office.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The New York State Commission of Correction attributes the death to complications of diabetes with bronchopneumonia and found that jail staff left him without medical care for about four hours while he struggled to breathe, and that his death could have been prevented.
Reported by: New York State Commission of Correction (outside investigators).