The family of a former Potter County Jail inmate has filed a federal lawsuit against the county this month after the 26-year-old died in custody in 2022.
According to records in the Texas Attorney General’s database for in-custody deaths, 26-year-old Larry Douglas, Jr. died from a ruptured appendix while being an inmate.
Douglas was arrested by the Potter County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 25, 2022, and was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, failure to ID and parole violations.
According to state documents, on March 5, 2022, Douglas was examined by “PCDC Medical staff for complaints of lower abdominal pain and painful urination.”
He was given Bactrim and Ibuprofen for 10 days and was reevaluated on March 8, 2022, by medical staff with no issues noted.
On March 9, 2022, at 2:30 a.m., Douglas complained of vomiting and was given nausea medicine. Later in the day, medical personnel were called to Douglas’ cell, where he was “complaining of being unable to sleep or keep food down but no pain,” according to state documents.