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Jail Detainee Dies after Altercation with Deputies at Arizona Jail
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2013, page 54
A man who was assaulted by deputies after being booked into the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, Arizona died after being taken off life support.
Ernest "Marty" Atencio, 44, was a divorced Army veteran with three sons aged 15, 16 and 21. He was working in his family's real estate ...
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