The embattled San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is facing another lawsuit over its policy and procedures that allegedly led to a woman’s death.
Irma Espinoza, 43, died after three days lying in a water-filled ditch. A welfare check was called 72 hours prior to that but took no action.
Last July, while walking his dogs, Richard Quinones saw Espinoza sitting by a drainage ditch along Main Street at Mount Vernon in Lemon Grove. He called for help, but, according to Quinones, the responding sheriff’s deputy came and went without ever leaving her car…