Thomas Cubbage
Thomas Cubbage, a man with a history of heart and blood vessel conditions, died on May 29, 2016, at Centra Southside Community Hospital after being held at Piedmont Regional Jail in Virginia. A motion filed in federal court says he had been coughing up blood and struggling to breathe, and that he received no further medical follow-up after an abnormal chest X-ray. The filing says other people held with him pleaded with staff for hours to get him help. The filing attributes his death to complications from cardiopulmonary arrest and calls it entirely preventable.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. A federal court filing says staff gave him no medical follow-up after an abnormal chest X-ray while he was coughing up blood and struggling to breathe, and that people held with him pleaded for hours for help.
Reported by: federal court motion; other people held at the jail.