Nassau County, Sheriff and three others sued over inmate death

By WENDI ZONGKER

wendi.zongker@mynassausun.com

YULEE - Nassau County, Sheriff Tommy Seagraves and one former and two current jail employees are accused in a lawsuit of "deliberate indifference" in the 2006 death of an inmate from Jacksonville.
The suit filed April 1 by the parents of Darren Magill says he should have been taken to the hospital after urine tests done at the jail showed he had cocaine, methamphetamines and marijuana in his system.

Magill, 28, was found slumped over in his Nassau County Jail cell by an inmate at 4:45 p.m. on Oct. 3, 2006, according to the Sheriff's Office incident report. An autopsy confirmed Magill died of a drug overdose from methadone, the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam and cocaine.

Seagraves and his attorney, John Jolly, confirmed they had received the complaint but declined to comment.

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