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You are here: Home / News / HCSO Investigating In-Custody Death

HCSO Investigating In-Custody Death

December 29, 2018 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 0 Comments

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the in-custody death of a prisoner in the Hamilton County Jail.

 In a press release officials said that on December 16, 2018, Devonte Allison was booked into the jail on a variety of charges including Selling/Delivery/Manufacturing of Meth and Possession of a Firearm from Criminal Court with a bond of $14,000.

Allison was booked having pre-existing medical issues.

On December 24th, after experiencing severe seizures, Inmate Allison was transported via HCEMS to a local medical hospital where he has remained in critical condition.

Hospital staff were in contact with Allison’s family and kept them informed of his medical condition and prognosis. Corrections Division staff permitted Allison’s family to see him prior to his death. It is also important to note that Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office detectives were also notified of Allison’s declining health so as to review and prepare for his passing.

Allison passed away in a local hospital early Thursday  morning.

As with all in-custody deaths, Hamilton County District Attorney Neil Pinkston has requested the death to be investigated. In accordance with this, he has appointed the Hamilton County Sheriff’s to conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.

The Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause and manner of death.

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office would like to note inmates are routinely booked into the Hamilton County Jail with a variety of medical issues including some that pertain to serious, chronic and/or terminal diseases, etc. Inmates are provided care by contractual medical personnel onsite from Erlanger Medical Center.  When inmates need medical care that cannot be provided at the jail by contract Erlanger staff, they are transported to a hospital to ensure proper, necessary care is administered.

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About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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