Jonathan Bourlier, the Dinwiddie County commonwealth’s attorney, on Tuesday withdrew a motion to join the defendants’ cases. That motion had been made by former Commonwealth Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill, who left the office on June 20.
One of the sheriff's deputies charged in the death of a Henrico man inside a Virginia psychiatric hospital last month is also one of the defendants named in a federal lawsuit filed two years ago.
Documents obtained by 8News through a legal information request revealed that all seven of the Henrico County Sheriff's deputies charged with second-degree murder in connection with the in-custody death of Irvo Otieno, 28, received specialty training to address those in mental health crises.