JONESBORO, Ark. – The incident report involving the arrest of 21-year old Brock Austin Tyner, who later died at Craighead County Jail, has been released by the Jonesboro Police Department.
Police were dispatched at 10:59 PM on Friday, May 3, to the 1000-block of South Gee Street in reference to a crisis intervention call. Officer Joseph Harris wrote in his report that he immediately recognized Tyner from numerous previous encounters.
“While walking up, [Tyner] would flail his arms around and start punching the sidewalk,” Harris wrote. “[Tyner] was also speaking extremely rapid but incoherent while I was observing him.”
Officer Payton Perkins was also on the scene and attempted to talk to Tyner. The report says that Tyner said he needed help and begged the officer to put handcuffs on him. While being walked to the squad car, Tyner told the officers he had taken “PCP” and that he will “never fu*king do drugs again!”
Authorities transported Tyner directly to Craighead County Detention Center.
The report says during the transport, Tyner was banging his head against the back seat, the window, and the cage. He was kicking the cage as well, the report says, while yelling “Please help me!” and “I’ll never do drugs again!”
Once authorities arrived at the jail with Tyner, they noticed his mouth coated in a layer of blood. He was also missing several teeth. Officers weren’t certain if this was the cause of the blood. It took three jailers to book Tyner due to his erratic behavior, the report says.
Officer Harris wrote that if left there, Tyner would have been a danger to himself or possibly others.
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This is the condition Tyner was in before he was arrested for public intoxication:
Around 11:30 PM, Tyner arrived at the jail. Chief Deputy Justin Rolland told NEA Report a “couple” of hours passed before he was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Medical personnel were not able to save Tyner, who was pronounced dead.
As of Wednesday morning, May 8, the sheriff’s office was still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of the inmate.
NEA Report will continue to report on this case as more information becomes available.
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That’s very sad. I was wondering when the other ‘news’ media would get around to it.
Why was he not taken to St Bernard’s Behavior Health or the crisis center, he needed medical help from the start, not jail.
Should have been taken straight to emergency room when officers were told by the subject that he had taken PCP. Obviously he was at that moment over dosing.