Kevin Wayne Bledsoe
Name: Kevin Wayne Bledsoe
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 03/24/2001
Location: 81 Elkins Rd
Port Hadlock, Washington, 98339
County: Jefferson
Agency: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Jefferson County paid $1.6 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit involving the death of a 23-year-old man while in custody but not yet booked at the county jail. The lawsuit alleged excessive force and failure to secure medical care for Kevin W. Bledsoe, who died shortly after being taken to the jail after deputies responded to a call of a public disturbance in Port Hadlock.
Unique ID: 824
News article: Link
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