The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has released the names of nine police officers involved in the April 7 incident inside the Duval County jail that led to the death of 31-year-old Charles Faggart , as well as a heavily redacted account of what occurred that day. Faggart was on a ventilator for two days before he died in the hospital after an incident involving the corrections officers; his attorney said he had been brain dead since the day of his injuries. Times-Union news partner First Coast News is working to obtain the personnel records of these nine corrections officers. The Sheriff's Office also released the names of 10 others they said were listed in the April 7 incident report as witnesses and responders to the scene, but not under investigation. The incident remains in its "early stages" of a criminal investigation by JSO, the FBI and the State Attorney's Office, JSO said. "It is a top priority for Sheriff Waters and his administration to get the information involving this incident to Mr. Faggart’s family, friends, and our community," the Sheriff's Office said in the post. "However, we ask people to respect that serious investigations like this take time and it is our duty to get it right. Rest assured; we will release relevant case details as soon as we are able to do so." Faggart, the owner and chef at Chop it Charlie's, was identified as the inmate involved in the incident the day after Sheriff T.K. Waters told the public someone had sustained "very, very bad" injuries in the jail. His attorney, Belkis Plata , released the following statement after the Sheriff's Office released the officer's names and a heavily redacted report of what happened during the incident. "The family of Charles Faggart is expressing grief, anger, and deep frustration following the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s decision to publicly release a heavily redacted incident report and the names of nine correctional officers involved in the incident that led to Charles’ death — all without any prior notice to his family. While the Sheriff may not consider this newly released report part of the official investigation, the family does. They have been begging for answers, only to receive fragmented and selective information through media reports, under the guise of transparency. What this report makes clear is that the incident involving Charles began around 7:00 AM on April 7th. By 9:00 AM, chest compressions were underway, meaning Charles was in cardiac arrest and, by the time he arrived at the hospital, he was brain dead. Yet the family did not receive a call until nearly 36 hours later — on Tuesday April 8th around 6:00 PM — when a JSO detective simply told the family to “watch the news.” They have learned everything they know alongside the rest of the community — and that is simply unacceptable. To make matters worse, the Sheriff has now released a report based entirely on the accounts of the very officers who — according to our sources — the Sheriff himself has called to be criminally prosecuted. The fact that this is the narrative being presented to the public, while the family continues to sit in the dark is devastating."
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