CHESAPEAKE, Va. — An inmate from the Chesapeake Correctional Center is dead following an apparent suicide.
Around 5:50 p.m., on Thursday, February 16, deputies conducting routine safety and security checks "found the inmate unresponsive and hanging from a bed sheet in his cell".
Staff members say they called EMS and immediately began life-saving measures. Medics arrived around 6:06 p.m. and took over life-saving measures.
He was transported to the hospital at around 6:39 p.m., where he was pronounced dead.
The inmate is identified as Ryan Myrick, 35.
He was booked into the jail on February 10, on 24 charges, including nine probation violations, two counts each of possession of a schedule I or II drug, possession of controlled paraphernalia, and failure to appear.
He was also charged with one count each of the following:
- escape from custody by force or violence
- disregarding police commands
- displaying altered or fictitious registration/license plates
- petit larceny
- grand larceny
- intentionally destroying/damaging property/monument
- grand larceny – auto theft
- trespass after being forbidden to do so
- obtaining money by false pretenses
Next, the medical examiner will determine an official cause of death.
The Chesapeake Police Department is investigating the death, which is standard procedure for all in-custody deaths.
The Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office is conducting an internal investigation to ensure all policies and procedures were followed.
