Inmate Found Dead In Jail Cell: Pima County Sheriff's Office

Tucson AZ

01 June, 2021

3:09 PM

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TUCSON, AZ — The Pima County Sheriff's Department is investigating after an inmate died early morning on Memorial Day. According to the department, around 3:15 a.m., corrections officers at the Pima County Adult Detention Complex found an inmate who was unresponsive in his cell. The officers immediately went into the cell and began life-saving measures while they waited for Tucson Fire Department to arrive. After attempting to resuscitate the inmate, the sheriff's department said medical personnel pronounced him dead at the jail. Detectives from the criminal investigations division responded to the jail and found no signs of trauma and no suspicious circumstances, the sheriff's department said. The inmate has been identified as 29-year-old Justin Crook. Crook was arrested by the Tucson Police Department and booked into the Pima County Adult Detention Complex around 3 a.m. on Sunday. The investigation remains ongoing.