Lawsuit: Charlotte inmates did more to help man who died than detention officer

Yet another lawsuit filed against Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden over a jail death alleges that an inmate at uptown’s jail died from drug toxicity.

That happened after jail staff denied 42-year-old Renny Mobley the medicine he needed in March 2024, according to the lawsuit filed by Mobley’s mother, and instead “repeatedly segregated him or locked him in solitary confinement” for hours.

His mother repeatedly but unsuccessfully called the jail in an attempt to intervene and get him his medication for schizoaffective disorder and hyperthyroidism, according to the lawsuit. He spent months acting manic, it said…

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