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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.
Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped criminal charges against two hospital employees in the death of a man who was pinned to the floor while being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital.Seven Henrico County Sheriff's deputies and three Central State Hospital employees were charged with second-degree murder in the March 6 death of 28-year-old Irvo Otieno. Hospital
The two were both employees of Central State Hospital, where Otieno died on March 6. Otieno was a 28-year-old Black man suffering a mental health episode who was detained and then arrested by Henrico police in early March. Days later, he died while being restrained by a combination of deputies and hospital employees.