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Inmate on life support after fight in jail

Posted: Friday August 19th, 2005, 8:04 AM
 

A 30-year-old Bakersfield, man who became involved in an altercation with staff at the downtown Kern County jail after his arrest Monday, was on life support Thursday at Mercy Hospital, sheriff’s deputies confirmed Friday.

 The circumstances of how James Woodrow Moore became injured are under investigation, Sgt. Shelly Castenada said.

Moore was booked into the jail Monday on suspicion of criminal threats and being under the influence of a controlled substance, according to records in Kern County Superior Court.

Sometime after he was booked, he became involved in a fight with jail staff, Castenada said.

It is not known how badly he was injured in that fight or whether those injuries contributed to his severe medical condition, Castenada said. 

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 
S.F. deputy convicted of beating jail inmate 

Friday, March 7, 2003 
 

A San Francisco deputy sheriff convicted of beating a San Bruno Jail inmate with a broomstick faces up to a year in jail and "either serious discipline or termination," according to a sheriff's department spokeswoman. Richard Segovia, 31, of Richmond, was convicted late Wednesday in a South San Francisco courtroom of two misdemeanors, assault with a deadly weapon and battery by a peace officer. Segovia, a six-year veteran, was found guilty of striking inmate George Varela, 31, of San Francisco, as many as four times on April 26. 

The incident took place in a small office while Varela was being processed back into a maximum-security unit after a court appearance. Two other deputies were in the room. Varela was not badly hurt. "He (Segovia) was called a 'little old broad' " (by Varela) and decided to be judge, jury and executioner," said prosecutor Donna Provenzano after the verdicts. Segovia's attorney, Sandra Benson, said she would ask San Mateo County Judge Jonathan Karesh to set aside the verdicts on April 23. 

Benson called Segovia a "highly decorated deputy with an exemplary record" who was attacked and defended himself. Segovia's future with the Sheriff's Department could be decided as soon as today by Sheriff Michael Hennessy, said spokeswoman Susan Fahey. Compiled from Chronicle staff and news service reports.