Eric Tornblum allegedly struck the handcuffed man in the face four times, it said. Medical personnel at the jail wanted Terruso to be taken to a hospital around 6:30 p.m., but the detainee struggled with corrections officers, the statement said.Ĭorrectional Sgt. Terruso’s condition worsened at the jail, and a drug test showed he was positive for methamphetamine and ecstasy. The officers also allegedly hid from jail personnel any information about Terruso’s condition, including his earlier request to go to the hospital because he had been vomiting, it continued. The officers concluded Terruso, while handcuffed in a police vehicle, needed a medical and mental health evaluation for signs of drug use, paranoia and hallucinations, according to the statement.īut the officers and their supervisors contradicted department policy and did not take Terruso for medical treatment "because it was a Sunday afternoon and the Hamilton police officers would have to sit and wait at a hospital while medical staff completed an evaluation,” the statement said. The homeowner declined to press charges for trespassing, but police arrested Terruso due to an outstanding child support warrant. Hamilton police took Terruso into custody near midday after a homeowner reported a man had entered his unlocked home, picked up a knife, and falsely claimed people were shooting at him, the statement said. Mario Terruso jailed after homeowner report He pleaded for that assistance, but he never got the help he so desperately needed,” Platkin said in a statement announcing Monday’s charges. “Mario Terruso was in desperate need of medical help. He was then mistreated by corrections officers, who repeatedly hit him in the face and smashed him into the floor while he was handcuffed and wearing leg irons. Terruso died in September 2019 during a medical episode hours after being arrested by Hamilton Township police, who improperly took him directly to jail, rather than a hospital, Attorney General Matthew Platkin alleged. – Two corrections officers face manslaughter charges and five police officers have been charged with official misconduct in connection with the death of 41-year-old detainee Mario Terruso Jr. in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
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