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Inmate dies in police custody

Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office released information concerning an inmate who experienced a medical emergency and passed away inside the parish jail.

In the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 17, an inmate at the Jeff Davis Parish Regional Consolidated Jail Facility, later identified as 60-year-old Arthur Vickers, became unconscious during medication treatment.

Vickers, a resident of Welsh, had …

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