A Texas sheriff’s deputy and three jailers have pleaded not guilty in the death of Jamie Perry, whose family says the 49-year-old spent hours restrained in a chair instead of receiving the hospital treatment they had requested.
The four appeared Oct. 15 before Judge Jim Payne in Shelby County’s 273rd Judicial District Court.
The manslaughter charges apply to the jailers; the deputy faces separate accusations concerning Perry’s arrest and official records.
Different charges for the deputy and jailers
Phillip Lee Youngblood Jr., Jayne Michelle Scharnberg and Andrew Jadon Valadez each face manslaughter, violating the civil rights of a person in custody, tampering with a government record and official oppression charges…