Seven Jail Workers Put on Leave After Death of Black Man Held Over Marijuana
On 3/16/21 at 7:51 AM EDT
Seven Texas detention employees have been placed on leave after the death of a Black man in custody.
The Collin County Sheriff s Office said on Monday that 26-year-old Marvin D. Scott III, of Frisco, died Sunday while he was in custody at the Collin County Detention Facility in McKinney.
Officers from the Allen Police Department had arrested Scott earlier on Sunday and transported him to the jail, the sheriff s office said in a news release.
Scott s cause of death has not been released.