Newly released records indicate that a woman inmate at the Marion County Jail whose death was reportedly due to “complications from epilepsy” had numerous altercations with corrections officers during which she was repeatedly hit with pepper spray while struggling with apparent psychotic episodes.
Maniesa Fletcher, 29, died after being jailed on misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged $13.95 shoplifting incident at an Ocala convenience store. An altercation with corrections officers in the jail led to felony charges against her.
Fletcher died at AdventHealth Ocala Hospital on March 14 after being transferred from the jail. Fletcher’s brother said the family had been notified by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office that Fletcher was brain dead the day before she was pronounced deceased at the hospital…