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2015 May 20 - Roberto Hernandez
On May 20, 2015, Roberto Hernandez died as a result of self-inflicted, knife wounds to the throat. Hernandez was 38 years old at the time of his death. Read full story
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2015 March 16 - Jon Michael Debettencourt
On March 16, 2015, Jon Michael Debettencourt died as a result of a solo motor vehicle collision which occurred when traveling at a high rate of speed to evade law enforcement. Mr. Debettencourt was northbound on Highway 1 north of Bodega Highway, when he suddenly veered left, crossed the road and hit a tree on the opposite side of the roadway. Read full story
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2015 April 29 - Jeffrey Singleton
On April 29th, 2015, Jeffrey Singleton was shot by an on-duty deputy sheriff employed by the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office. The shooting event occurred at the conclusion of a dispatch call out for a report of a male subject having brandished and threatened another male subject with a knife. Read full story
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2014, September 28 - Mikol Wayne Stewart
Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility inmate Mikol Wayne Stewart (herein after referred to as Stewart) was discovered hanging by a bed sheet from a ventilation grate in cell H-7 on September 28, 2014, at approximately 1020 hours. Jail personnel cut the sheet the deceased was hanging from and administered CPR until AMR Medics arrived. Read full story
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2014, October 8 - Diego Armando Depaz
Sonoma County North County Detention Facility inmate Diego Armando DePaz was discovered unresponsive on October 8, 2014, at the North County Detention Facility. Read full story
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2014, February 14 - Everardo Romo
On February 14, 2014, Everardo Romo died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head which occurred during an attempt by officers of the Healdsburg Police Department to place him under arrest. The Healdsburg Police Department invoked the Sonoma County Law Enforcement Employee-Involved Fatal Incident Protocol. Read full story
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2014, April 6 Wayne Allan Ceballos Hoffman
On April 6, 2014, Mr. Wayne Allan Ceballos Hoffman (hereafter referred to as Hoffman), while under the influence of a high level of methamphetamine, died as a result of cardiopulmonary arrest during a struggle with police attempting to take him into custody. The excited delirium death occurred on Nordyke Avenue in Santa Rosa, California. Read full story
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2014, April 2, 2014 - Miguel Angel Garcia-Morran
On April 2, 2014 Miguel Angel Garcia- Morran died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest which occurred during an attempt by Deputies from the Sonoma and Napa County Sheriffs Office SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) teams to arrest him for anoutstanding felony warrant from Napa County and to serve a search warrant in Kenwood, California. Read full story
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2013, October 22 - Andy Lopez Cruz
On October 22, 2013, Andy Lopez Cruz was shot multiple times by an on-duty deputy sheriff employed by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. He died at the scene. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office immediately invoked the Sonoma County Law Enforcement Employee-Involved Fatal Incident Protocol. Read full story
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2013, October 16 - Christopher Eric Augustin
On October 16, 2013, Mr. Christopher Augustin, while under the influence of a high level of methamphetamine, died as a result of cardiopulmonary arrest during a struggle with officers from the Santa Rosa Police Department who were attempting to take him into custody. The death was found to be due to "excited delirium" and occurred at a residence located in Santa Rosa, California Read full story