From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:
A 56-year-old inmate from the Harford County Detention Center died Wednesday after hanging himself in his cell.
At approximately 1:00 p.m., correctional deputies found the inmate unresponsive in his cell, with his clothing wrapped around his neck. Deputies immediately called for Detention Center medical staff and available deputies to respond and assist with lifesaving efforts. Medical staff initiated CPR and applied an AED for assistance, with no success. Members of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company responded and continued life saving efforts. The inmate is identified as Tommy Wayne Pardew, Sr., from Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Pursuant to policy, the inquiry into the Pardew’s death was assumed by detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division. Despite immediate medical care, Pardew was pronounced deceased at 1:51 p.m.
Investigators with the Forensic Services Unit also responded to document the scene and collect evidence. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was notified and responded to transport the body for an autopsy.
Pardew was booked into the Detention Center on April 25, for Violation of Probation on DUI charges.
The investigation is ongoing. No further information is available at this time.
Let the Gahler bashing begin
As it should after he bashed the previous Sheriff for the same issue
Gahler bashed Bane for hiding the deaths. He even said not all could have been prevented. Just critical of the typical Democrats lying playbook.
The Sheriff has an obligation to protect and care for inmates in his care and custody. If checks aren’t working every 30-45 minutes and people are dying, he has failed. Maybe if the Detention Center wasn’t so short staffed he could make checks every 15-30 mins. The Gahler way isn’t working, he is failing big time.
Sure, man. Let’s see what the citizens have to say about it next election.
That won’t work either… Even if you have an officer checking every 15-30 minutes, the person hanging themselves is still going to die….15-30 minutes is way too long between checks. They would almost need to be watched constantly or with patrols every 3-4 minutes (to prevent hanging deaths). This was not Sheriff Gahler’s direct fault, a person who wants to kill themselves will usually find a way….sad, but true.
It’s almost like if they had something like a camera that could watch multiple cells from a desk where someone watched on a monitor.
What am I saying that’s crazy talk, nothing like that exists today ….
Just one more to cross off the Darwin Award list
Case search gives an Aberdeen Address.
So sad. Condolences to the family of this poor man.
He is in jail people. He is not Mother Teresa.
You are a True republican only happy when someone less advantaged is suffering..
asshole.
So “in jail” means what? Guilty? Get ignored or abused by employees who don’t bother to do their jobs? I was in the detention center for most of a day, I was not guilty of anything, but I got abused and tormented. I can’t imagine how I would respond if I had to endure all that for any length of time. Ask me how I ended up there, I’d be glad to explain. Anyone who doesn’t want to know, already knows that problems exist.
Preach It! The detention center has significant issues. I too can attest to the problems. When you make a jail a for profit operation this will happen. Time Harford County Judges and the SAO come up with better ways of dealing with the issues than to lock everyone up. Locking everyone up isn’t and doesn’t work. Real crime and real victims cant get their stuff addressed because of the frivolous nonsense that is allowed throughout the Harford County System. The New SA promised effective and efficient prosecution. So where is it? Nothing has changed. The SAO is not accountable to anyone not even an internal investigative process that can be called upon when rampant abuse of the system is happening. The courts continue to be clogged with the nonsense and the defense attorneys are all too happy to see it as they can continue to take in the cash representing falsely accused defendants.
So far Al P has done little to nothing to fix it. He and his deputies seem all too content to allow the Status Quo. Its a shame as the citizens of Harford County voted for change. Perhaps the leadership of Harford County needs another multi million dollar lawsuit before they will wake up.
Don’t get me started about the Gahler and the HCSO. We see all too often what they do or don’t do.
The whole system is perverse and needs to be changed.
He hung himself sure he did then let’s have a internal HCSO group investigate to ensure we stick to that story.
More of the same in Harford County MD.
Why aren’t there stories about inmates hanging themselves in Cecil or Baltimore County? Seems rather suspect to me.
How many weed smokers do you think HCPS employs?
What the hell does that have to do with the event at the detention center?
Absolutely nothing, obviously. Are you a weed smoker or do you a thing about asking a question you already know the answer to?
Is there some kind of topic I should be talking about? Since when does the internet have any organization? Welcome to 1995.
This area is called “comments” and the top article of the website so I “clicked” it and typed out my question and clicked “Post Comment.”
I asked a question that had no revelance to the article, feel free to answer it or move on.
Does it really matter if they are not coming to work stoned? Why do you care? If it doesn’t cause you harm, is there really any crime in it?
There isn’t much ambiguity here. You either are unaware of any pot smokers who work for HCPS or you are, and you reply.
Quite frankly, it’s none of your business if there is any HCPS employees smoking weed. That’s their business, not yours. Why are you wishing for “rats” to come out and play? People like you should be executed for treason…..
There isn’t much ambiguity here. You either are unaware of any pot smokers who work for HCPS or you are, and you reply.
I like turtles.
Boo hoo!!!
BORING
At least the taxpayers wont need to subsidize this scum anymore.
Throw the body in a dumpster.
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