Inmate dies from the hands of the Lee County Jail

Another Inmate dies at the Lee County Jail
And it could of been prevented !

Nicholas Christie, 62, of Girard, Ohio who suffered from depression and heart disease, Died while in the Lee County Jail, His death is under investigation by LCSO

After being arrested and jailed in Lee County, Christie died. His wife blames the treatment he received by Lee County Sheriff's Office corrections deputies at the downtown Fort Myers holding facility.

"I want to know why they just didn't care," said Joyce Christie, from her Eastern Ohio home.

Joyce Christie said that Nicholas left home without his medication so she filed a Welfare "Be On the Look Out", or BOLO, with local police and even filed the BOLO with law enforcement agencies in Southwest Florida, because her brother-in-law lives here.
Christie says she contacted police stations and sheriff's office in both Fort Myers and Naples.

Two Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest reports show deputies did come across Nicholas Christie, and arrested him twice. On March 25, 2009 he was arrested for disorderly intoxication and on March 27, 2009 he was arrested on a trespassing complaint.

"Instead of taking him to the emergency room like they should have, they took him to jail," said Joyce Christie.
When she found out he was at LCSO main holding facility, in Fort Myers, she flew down to try to help her husband.

"We flew back to Florida to try to get him some help, took his medical records, tried to tell them he could go into cardiac arrest he had major health issues. They wouldn't listen. Instead I got a call later saying he had gone into cardiac arrest, all because no one would listen no one would help," said Christie.

The Sheriff's Office confirms they had taken Nicholas Christie to the hospital on March 29th but will not comment further on the situation because it is an active investigation.

Joyce Christie said that nurses told her that her husband was soaked in pepper spray. She believes he was maced several times while being restrained.
Joyce Christie hired an attorney who said: "Now how his vacation to visit his brother ended up in what appears to be almost an execution remains incomprehensible to the family understandably.. and its unacceptable," said attorney Nick DiCello and requests for interviews or to view surveillance video showing Mr. Christie were denied by the Lee County Sheriff's Office due to the ongoing investigation.

This time we have a name, face and family that are not going to accept what has been going on in the Lee County Jail any longer, I have been addressing these issues for years. Back when Col. Michael Waite was Major Waite, I had several conversations with him about my concerns about the treatment at the jail and the behavior of the correction officers and deputies.

I had done a article for the News Press at that time with many details that was never published, However, All media in Lee County was informed by me of the serious issues that concern me, I had gone the LCSO Internal affairs and was told no such things were happening there, And the inmates who were contacting me were all liars. I have several letters of protest from the inmates that shared my concerns with the mentally ill , I had contacted, LCSO's IA, the Media , the Commission of Ethics, Department of Corrections, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the ACLU...All of this is on record and nothing was ever done.

During this time, I researched each case and found that all accounts were almost identical and that all of the inmates were being used as a sport for fun. My research also had shown that there was Racketeering going on in the jail as well.


This time there are witnesses who are coming forward, An Attorney who is not turning a blind eye to the corruption here and media coverage...
The Saddest part is that this man did not have to die had they listen to me years ago, I blame the media and the agencies that were fully aware of what was going on in the jail.

Christie's death has brought out more former inmates and former Co's ready to tell what was done to then and others during their stay at the LCSO's Hotel California, That is if this gets the attention His death has due ?

One witness said :

"We could see him from our cell. he was covered in pepper spray and they sprayed him again."

Witness says guards brought in two foggers to gas Christie's cell, then took Christie out of the cell, strapped him in a restraint chair, and sprayed him three more times.

"You could see his whole face was blue almost purple. He was gasping crying that he can't breathe. He can't breathe, he's having chest pains," described by the witness, "It's over an hour before the nurse came up she tested his oxygen level. It was only at 87 percent. A few minutes after that they took him out


Another Former inmate states on his website: http://www.leecountyconspiracy.com

Crimes are committed in the county jail on a regular basis, but nothing is ever done about it because someone in jail, is obviously guilty before a trial here in Lee County Florida. You will NOT be afforded a fair trial in this county and the attorneys are forced to act as though they are representing you as much as possible on behalf of the State Attorney Steve Russell
" Ten attorneys later, some of which I never seen, I was forced to plea out to a misdemeanor charge, as I was threatened in the court of law."

Additional Information:

From January to June 2007 , 1505 felony cases ended in forced pleas and 49 went to trial while 5856 misdemeanor cases ended in forced pleas and 45 went to trial according to Charlie Green Clerk of Courts for Lee county.

" Kelly Worcester of the Felony head of the State Attorneys office said " It's all strategy , it's a dance and most defendants know that "

L.C.S.O

What is going on with the Lee County Sheriff's Office ?

Mike Scott has re-organized the entire department and are we being told the truth ?