Prisoner Deaths Los Angeles County

A $205,000 settlement for the family of a jail trusty killed more than five years ago when a heavy steel gate fell on him at a sheriff's substation in the Santa Clarita Valley was approved Monday by the Los Angeles County Claims Board. The Board of Supervisors still must approve the recommended award to the family of David Alviso, 37, who was completing a sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol in October, 1985, when a sliding parking gate toppled, pinning him to the ground.

Los Angeles County coroner's investigators are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 42-year-old man who apparently hanged himself in an Arcadia city jail cell with bed sheets. David Edward Foley of Duarte was discovered hanging in his cell shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday by an Arcadia police officer, Police Capt. David Hinig said. The officer cut Foley down and tried to revive him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Los Angeles County coroner's investigators are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 42-year-old man who apparently hanged himself in an Arcadia city jail cell with bed sheets. David Edward Foley of Duarte was discovered hanging in his cell shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday by an Arcadia police officer, Police Capt. David Hinig said. The officer cut Foley down and tried to revive him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

A $205,000 settlement for the family of a jail trusty killed more than five years ago when a heavy steel gate fell on him at a sheriff's substation in the Santa Clarita Valley was approved Monday by the Los Angeles County Claims Board. The Board of Supervisors still must approve the recommended award to the family of David Alviso, 37, who was completing a sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol in October, 1985, when a sliding parking gate toppled, pinning him to the ground.