Henrico County deputies charged in Irvo Otieno's death
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Seven Henrico County sheriff's deputies held down a mental patient on the floor for 12 minutes while he was shackled and handcuffed, eventually "smothering him to death," a Dinwiddie prosecutor said Wednesday.
This is continuing coverage of the death of Irvo Otieno, 28, at Central State Hospital.
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“I want to assure the public that I am conducting a review of what happened in the Henrico jail," Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor said.
