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Kevin Wayne Bledsoe

United States · Aged 23 · Died 03/24/2001
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Less-than-lethal force

Jefferson County paid $1.6 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit involving the death of a 23-year-old man while in custody but not yet booked at the county jail. The lawsuit alleged excessive force and failure to secure medical care for Kevin W. Bledsoe, who died shortly after being taken to the jail after deputies responded to a call of a public disturbance in Port Hadlock.

Alleged responsible partyJefferson County Sheriff's OfficeReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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