John Laughon: Inmate Hospitalized After Jail Officers Attacked

<>As I sit next to my brother's bed in Shands Jacksonville I feel it is time to begin to post to this blog site. We have waited long enough for answers, it is obivous we will get NONE. If you feel you have any information that could help his case contact his attorney Sean Cronin at 904-354-8310 or email him at SBCronin@SWMMLaw.com.


Inmate Hospitalized After Jail Officers Attacked

POSTED: 11:12 am EST February 22, 2005 UPDATED: 5:34 pm EST February 22, 2005 JACKSONVILLE -- An altercation in the Duval County jail overnight resulted in an inmate being taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center in a life-threatening condition Tuesday, according to Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford.

John Laughon

Four correctional officers were injured trying to subdue the man, including one who may have suffered a broken hand, an official said.The inmate, John G. Laughton who authorities say has mental health problems, was placed in a restraint chair for a cooling-off period at about 2:19 a.m. after he "exhibited a violent episode," according to Chief of Detectives Steve Weintraub.

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Weintraub said Laughton was left in a cell. He then went into "excited delirium," and used "superhuman strength" to escape the chair, Weintraub said. Once free, he attacked a female corrections officer who went to check on him, and then attacked other officers who came to her assistance, Weintraub said.

Laughton's condition was not released. Weintraub said there was "no outward sign of visible injury."Laughton has been in the jail since November on drug charges. Since his initial arrest, he has been charged with several counts of assault on law enforcement officers as the result of violent struggles in the jail.
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NOTE:
John's name is spelled LAUGHON not "Laughton."

This article claims "4" correctional officers were injured. One had a "broken hand." In other articles they will say it was a broken finger. How did they break the finger, by hitting John with fists. DUH!

It also claims he had been in jail since November 2004 and he turned himself in in January 2005.


Weintraub said there was "no outward sign of visible injury," does this look like there were "no outward sign of visible injury?"

This picture was taken on February 24, 2005 about 36 hours after he arrived at Shands in Jacksonville, Fl. His eyes and head are swollen, blood on the bridge of his nose and he had bruises from head to toe, literally. I guess Weintraub is blind. This was the condition he was in when my mom first saw him after he was stablized.

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