Benton County authorities have identified the 40-year-old man who died in jail Wednesday evening, and said he was being monitored every 30 minutes due to a medical conditiion.
In the wake of two 'dangerous' inhabitants of the Western State Mental Hospital near Lakewood crawling out of a window the other night, now another person has 'walked away' from the facility, and they remain at large!
Authorities say the man was 18-year-old Mark Anthony Moreno, of Kennewick. He was being held in a 'protective' or padded cell due to potentially harmful behavior.
Officials at the Two Rivers Correctional facility in Umatilla, OR have launched an investigation into the death earlier this week of a 70-year-old inmate.
Oregon correctional authorities are searching for an inmate who apparently escaped from a work crew while working near the Finley Buttes Landfill Wednesday morning. (SEE BELOW FOR LATEST DETAILS)