Fred C. Teague
Name: Fred C. Teague
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/13/2005
Location: 400 block 38th Street
Moline, Illinois, 61265
County: Rock Island
Agency: Moline Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Officers Heidi Grawe, Wyatt Heyvaert and Jerome A. Thomas arrested Fred C. Teague after he allegedly tried to burglarize the Hired Gun Tattoo Shop on Nov. 13, 2005. Teague became unresponsive during the arrest and remained comatose until his death on December 10, 2007. A wrongful death lawsuit contended that the officers caused the coma because of how they restrained Teague. The suit was reportedly dismissed because the parties settled.
Unique ID: 4691
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