Three Alameda County sheriff’s deputies will face criminal charges in the 2021 in-custody death of Maurice Monk at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while charges were dismissed against six other deputies and two civilian employees, prosecutors said Thursday.
District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced Thursday that the decision follows an evaluation of the case after being appointed to the office earlier this year to succeed Pamela Price, who was recalled by voters.
“This review included witness statements, body-worn cameras of the deputies involved, medical records, the reports of the pathologists on the time and cause of death, as well as the policies and procedures that control the Santa Rita Jail. What we found was very disturbing,” Dickson said in a statement…