Crist wants state to pay millions in boot camp case

According to the documents, at least three of the boot camp instructors charged in [Anderson]'s death placed ammonia capsules to his nose during the incident: Cpl. Joseph Walsh, Sgt. Maj. Raymond Hauck and Lt. Cmdr. Charles Helms. Near the end of the ordeal, a boot camp nurse, Kristin Schmidt,...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Elaine Silvestrini, Karen Branch
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 15.03.2007
Subjects
Ammonia
Criminal investigations
Crist, Charles
Crist, Charlie
Helms, Charles
Legislatures
Manslaughter
Martin, Steve
Ober, Mark
State laws
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Summary:According to the documents, at least three of the boot camp instructors charged in [Anderson]'s death placed ammonia capsules to his nose during the incident: Cpl. Joseph Walsh, Sgt. Maj. Raymond Hauck and Lt. Cmdr. Charles Helms. Near the end of the ordeal, a boot camp nurse, Kristin Schmidt, went to get Helms, asking for help because "there was a youth that they were having some problems with," Helms said Jan. 19, 2006, to a pair of Bay County sheriff's officers investigating the death. Helms was the supervisor who was the last boot camp official to place ammonia capsules under Anderson's nose -- while closing his mouth tight. Anderson did not respond that time. Helms said he placed Anderson on his back. The nurses checked Anderson. "I noticed that he had some kind of a nonresponsive look in his eye," Helms said. "I thought that there was some sand in his eye and I didn't see any kind of response to blink or get it out of his eye -- and the nurse checked him again and she said, 'Call 911.'" Tactics Called An 'Egregious Violation' Two months before the manslaughter charges were brought, Steve J. Martin, a Texas-based expert in the use of force in correctional institutions, issued a report saying the tactics used to force Anderson to continue exercising constituted an "egregious violation of sound correctional management principles."