Escambia Jail Inmate Dies

July 17, 2013

An Escambia County Jail inmate died Tuesday morning after being found unresponsive in his cell.

Richard Craig Adams Jr. 47, had been incarcerated on charges of grand theft. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said  he was found unresponsive at about  4:30 this morning and transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after 5 a.m.

There were no indications of foul play, the Sheriff’s Office said. The death is under investigation by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

Adams was an inmate worker at the jail.

Comments

4 Responses to “Escambia Jail Inmate Dies”

  1. stop it on July 19th, 2013 3:58 pm

    even though this guy was in jail he was somebody child everything is not about money….

  2. My2Cents on July 16th, 2013 11:11 pm

    My thought and prayers are with the family and friends of Mr. Adams.

    @Richard Harry….In my opinion it wouldn’t do no good to file a law “suit” until the investigation is complete. I pray nothing is found in his system…just saying!

  3. Spellchecker on July 16th, 2013 11:00 pm

    …or a law SUIT.

  4. Richard Harry on July 16th, 2013 10:23 pm

    His family will file a law suite and be millionaires.

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