SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS SUED IN PARTY DEATH.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer The family of a 21-year-old student who was fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. beaten at a party in Meiners Oaks has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. , claiming that deputies inflicted the injuries. Nicholas Dowey's parents and two brothers each are seeking at least $15 million in damages from Sheriff Larry Carpenter, Capt. James E. Barrett and several unidentified deputies, alleging civil rights violations, use of excessive force, failure to provide medical aid and wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action . The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, claims a deputy hit Dowey several times on the head with a metal flashlight. Deputies had been called to the Sept. 12 party on St. Thomas Drive to quell quell tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot. 2. a disturbance, authorities have said. ``Plaintiff Nicholas Dowey died as a result of the wounds to his head administered by (a) deputy when said deputy hit Dowey with his flashlight,'' the complaint states. Ventura County officials announced late Wednesday that they have assigned the case to defense attorney Allen Wisotsky, who did not return telephone calls. Sheriff's Department spokesman Capt. Keith Parks Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, GCB, KBE, MC and Bar, DFC, RAF (15 June 1892 - 6 February 1975) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. said the case is being investigated as a homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. because the victim suffered major head wounds when he was struck by a blunt object before police arrived. Parks said detectives have interviewed several witnesses but believe as many as 30 others have yet to be identified or contacted by authorities. The incident occurred about 9:45 p.m. Sept. 12, shortly after Dowey and a friend joined 70 or so partygoers at a home on St. Thomas Drive. |
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