Judge sends ex-Cuyahoga County jailer who ignored dying inmate to jail
Updated Apr 14, 4:07 PM;
Posted Apr 14, 1:15 PM
Martin Devring, right, is handcuffed during his April 14, 2021 sentencing hearing. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams sentenced Devring, a former jail corrections officer, to 30 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tampering with records and dereliction of duty charges tied to the August 2018 overdose death of inmate Joseph Arquillo.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio A former Cuyahoga County corrections officer will spend 30 days in jail for failing to seek medical attention for a dying inmate and then falsified jail records to cover up that he failed to make required rounds in the hours the inmate lay dying.
Fired Cuyahoga County jail guard pleads guilty in inmate’s overdose death Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio A former Cuyahoga County corrections officer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that accuse him of failing to attend to an inmate who died of a drug overdose in 2018 and falsifying records after the inmate’s death.
Martin Devring, 61, of Cleveland, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of dereliction of duty and tampering with records in the death of Joseph Arquillo. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office dropped a misdemeanor charge of interfering with civil rights.
As part of his plea agreement, Devring agreed not to try to get his job back or seek back pay. The county fired him three months after Arquillo’s death.