Inverness Jail inmates who contracted COVID file lawsuit against Multnomah County
The lawsuit claims staff at the Multnomah County Inverness Jail was negligent, and it led to many illnesses. Author: Mike Benner Updated: 11:31 PM PDT April 8, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Ben Baker says he spent several hours inside the Multnomah County Inverness Jail in late March. This was about the same time a COVID outbreak, that sickened nearly 200 inmates, staff and family members, was coming to an end. Baker recalls sitting in a holding cell with about a dozen inmates. He says some inmates were wearing masks, some were not. I d put it on staff to be more prudent and I didn t feel that, Baker said. I was stressed. I had a guy leaning on me, no mask, yelling and screaming about how he has COVID.
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Man faces murder charge in Springwater Corridor slaying April 06 2021
Aaron Hague of Alaska has been arrested on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Anthony Alcorn.
An Alaska man has been charged with killing and stealing the identity of another out-of-state visitor found dead near the Springwater Corridor in Gresham last month.
Aaron Mitchell Hague, 32, faces charges of second-degree murder and identity theft in the alleged slaying of 28-year-old Ohio resident Anthony Alcorn, whose body was recovered March 15 in a wooded grove near where the trail crosses Southeast Hogan Road.
Police initially struggled to identify Alcorn, citing a lack of identification, and released an image of a distinctive tattoo to the public. Alcorn was ID d a few days later and police said the state medical examiner had determined he died of homicidal violence.
Updated 6:04 PM Fifteen current and former detainees of the Multnomah County Inverness Jail, all of whom say they ve tested positive for COVID-19, filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court on April 5, accusing jail staff and Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese of negligence for failing to mitigate the spread of the virus. The lawsuit follows an outbreak at the jail that can be traced back to late 2020. As of Feb. 17, nearly 200 adults in custody at the Inverness Jail and about 30 staffers or members of their households tested positive for the virus, according to the county s website. The reason for the outbreak is not a mystery, the complaint says. Defendants failure to require, or enforce, social distancing, PPE, increased testing, or other precautions in jails and jails known to slow the spread of COVID-19 placed plaintiffs at imminent risk of contracting COVID-19.