A Florida man downed a cup of bleach in a courtroom moments after listening to the jury learn his verdict during which he was discovered guilty of armed robbery.
Jermaine Bell, 38, has spent greater than three years in custody for the December 2018 robbery for which he was convicted. He pulled a gun on staff on the Millennium Engine Plating whereas he was disguised as a courier.
Bell was seen consuming the bleach from a white disposable cup earlier than an officer approached him with a trash can and tried to have the inmate spit up the liquid. But Bell continued to drink from the cup till he finally sat down.Â
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Jermaine Bell, 38, has spent greater than three years in custody for the December 2018 robbery for which he was convicted. He had pulled a gun on staff on the Millennium Engine Plating whereas he was disguised as a courier.
(Miami-Dade County Corrections)
He instantly turned very sick after consuming the bleach and was transported out of the courtroom in Miami on a stretcher. He was then taken to the hospital for medical remedy.
Bell is in secure situation on the hospital after ingesting the bleach, but it surely stays unclear how he was in a position to get hold of it within the courtroom. Questions are additionally being raised by his household about why no person intervened as he was consuming the product.
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A Florida man downed a cup of bleach in a courtroom moments after listening to the jury learn his verdict during which he was discovered guilty of armed robbery.
((Roberto Koltun/El Nuevo Herald/Tribune News Service through Getty Images))
“I see him drinking something that’s not right,” Reverend Jerome Starling, a distant relative of Bell, informed Local 10. “His attorneys are letting him drink it. Corrections letting him drink it. All of a sudden I see him collapse. And I said how could this happen.”
Starling mentioned there must be accountability for what occurred within the courtroom.
Bell’s cousin, who recorded the incident, mentioned she instantly tried to save lots of him.
Bell is in secure situation on the hospital after ingesting the bleach, but it surely stays unclear how he was in a position to get hold of it within the courtroom.
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“I was the only one like that jumped up and tried to get him help,” she informed Local 10. “[It’s] very emotional for the whole family. We thought we were going to lose Jermaine that day.”
The Miami-Dade County Corrections and Miami-Dade Police are investigating the incident.
Miami-Dade Police didn’t reply to FOX News Digital’s request for remark.