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Darnell Myres, 43, of Manchester, went to Community Medical center on April 27 to get stitches in his lip after a fight with his girlfriend. Police said he had an altercation with guards and was taken to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, where he died May 2.
The Atlantic County prosecutor’s office, which took over the case because Ocean County prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford has a relative who works at the hospital, determined Myers died of a heart attack related to his scuffle with guards.
“The absence of traumatic injury to Mr. Myres demonstrates that the death was not the result of force used against him,” said assistant prosecutor Murray Talasnik. “The stress of physical resistance triggered a heart attack due to pre-existing conditions including an enlarged heart, intoxication and obesity.
“As a result, there is no evidence to support a criminal prosecution against any of the security officers for any form of criminal homicide in connection with the death of Darnell Myres,” Talasnik said.
The hospital determined Myres was intoxicated and asked him to take off his clothes and put on a gown to reduce the likelihood of him trying to leave the hospital while drunk, the prosecutor’s office said.
But Myres refused and fought with guards and a nurse, authorities said.
During the struggle, he was given a sedative injection to calm him, and eventually was placed in a bed with restraints before suffering a heart attack. Hospital workers administered CPR, but he did not regain consciousness.
Man dies after altercation with security officers www.privateofficer.com
Source:NJ.com A Manchester man who was brought to Monmouth Medical Center in critical condition on Wednesday night from Community Medical Center in Toms River died this afternoon from injuries he allegedly sustained in a physical altercation with security guards at the Toms River medical facility.
Darnell Myres, 43, was pronounced dead at approximately 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, according to Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy.
Mastronardy said Myres death is being investigated by the Toms River Police Department. No charges have filed yet.
“We are at the preliminary stage of the investigation,” Mastronardy said.
Details remain sketchy about the encounter between the guards and Myres.
Toms River police confirmed the altercation, but declined to release further information because the investigation is ongoing.
Myres’ uncle, Jeff Parker, 52, of Atlanta spoke on the family’s behalf Friday, saying that the former high school wrestling champion went to Community Medical to get stitches for a cut lip he suffered during a dispute with his girlfriend. When Myres attempted to leave the hospital before the staff officially discharged him, the altercation occurred, witnessed by several people, Parker said.
Myres, a single father of three, was the heavyweight state wrestling champion in 1984for Toms River High School South, and the 189-pound state champion during his senior year at Central Regional High School in Berkeley in 1985.
