BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The wife of a man who died in custody at the Kingsport City Jail has accepted a $6,000 settlement with the city.
The Kingsport Times-News reports that Judy Honaker, of Bristol, Virginia, had filed a lawsuit in 2015 after her husband, Benjamin McDowell Honaker, was found not breathing in his cell in September 2014.
Benjamin had had been charged with DUI the day before, following a car crash.
The lawsuit was filed against the city and two jail officers, accusing them of failing to provide adequate medical attention. It sought $1 million.
The TBI cleared Kingsport police of any wrongdoing, ruling it a drug overdose.