After AG charges 5 in inmate’s death, attorney questions Muskegon County’s earlier investigation
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An attorney for the family of a Muskegon County Jail inmate who died in 2019 is questioning why earlier investigations found no fault. On Thursday, the Attorney General s office filed charges in the case. (MLive file photo)MLive.com
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MUSKEGON, MI After four Muskegon County jail staff were charged this week with involuntary manslaughter for the 2019 death of inmate Paul Bulthouse, his family’s attorney questions why earlier investigations found no fault.
The attorney told MLive on Thursday, after the attorney general field charges, that he doesn’t understand how previous investigations, including one by the Muskegon County Sheriff’s office, found no wrongdoing by jail staff.
Death of Muskegon jail inmate caused by ‘gross neglect’ by staff, attorney general says
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Paul Bulthouse, 39, died in the Muskegon County Jail, shown in this file photo, after suffering 22 visible seizures across five and a half hours, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a video Friday. (MLive file photo)MLive.com
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MUSKEGON, MI – The man who died in the Muskegon County Jail died because of “gross neglect” from the people who were supposed to be checking on him every 15 minutes.
Paul Bulthouse, 39, died after suffering 22 visible seizures across five and a half hours, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a video released Friday, April 9.
AG Nessel Announces Findings in Two In-Custody Death Investigations Contact: Kelly Rossman-McKinney 517-512-9342Agency: Attorney General
April 9, 2021
LANSING Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced the findings of investigations conducted by her department into the in-custody deaths of Paul Bulthouse and Anthony Scott Hulon.
Paul Bulthouse, 39, died while being held at the Muskegon County Jail and Anthony Scott Hulon, 54, died at the Lansing Police Department Detention Center. In-custody deaths are those that occur while individuals are in the custody of law enforcement.
“The loss of human life is a tragedy,” said Nessel. “It is the responsibility of my office to determine whether that loss was the result of an unfortunate set of circumstances or because of a criminal act. While there is little the Department of Attorney General can do to provide comfort to the families of these two men, it is our duty and responsibility to
Charges filed against 5 people in death of Muskegon County Jail inmate
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Charges were filed against five people in the death of a Muskegon County Jail inmate.
Jeffery Patterson, Crystal Greve, Jamal Lane, David Vanderlaan and Aubrey Schotts were each arraigned on a felony charge of involuntary manslaughter on Thursday, April 8 in Muskegon County District Court, records show.
Four of those charged are jail staff members and one is an employee of Wellpath, the corporation under contract with the county to provide healthcare services.
The charges stem from the death of Paul Bulthouse, 39, on April 4, 2019, the Muskegon County Sheriff Michael Poulin said in a news release.