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The Leon County Sheriff's Office is investigating an "in-custody death" after a 43-year-old woman was found unresponsive in a cell at the Leon County Detention Facility on Friday morning.
Detention Facility staff found Richard Robart, 40, hanging inside his cell around 6 p.m. Saturday, according to Shonda Knight, spokesperson for Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil.
Previously: Leon County correctional officer finds 'unresponsive' inmate, second death in three days. More: Leon County Sheriff's Office investigating 'in-custody death' at detention facility.
Alan Clark, 44, was booked in the Leon County jail Dec. 5 on charges of 10 counts of production and possession of obscene material of minors and child pornography.
In December of 1921, 22-year-old Martin Tabert was arrested in Leon County for vagrancy. Tabert was ordered to pay $25 or spend three months at hard labor. His family immediately sent him $25 plus an additional $25 so he could return home, but through mishandling, the Leon County court never received the money.
Leon County (Spanish: Condado de León) is a county in the Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León . As of the 2020 census , the population was 292,198.
Privately operated prisons in Florida are called "Correctional Facilities" (for example, Lake City Correctional Facility) while state operated facilities are called "Correctional Institutions" (i.e. Union Correctional Institution). Florida State Prison is the only facility in the state officially titled a "Prison". [citation needed]
The Leon County Sheriff's Office began a death investigation after an inmate died hours after being taken to a hospital.