Overview
- Police say they were called around 10:44 p.m. Saturday to San Pablo Lytton Casino for a banned guest who refused to leave.
- Casino security reported the 70-year-old was physically resisting and had been handcuffed before officers arrived, and police reported no use of force by responding officers.
- The man was taken into custody on suspicion of trespassing and experienced an unknown medical emergency at the Martinez Detention Facility.
- Jail staff and Contra Costa Fire personnel rendered aid and transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- A joint investigation with the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office is underway, the man's identity is being withheld, and the sheriff later said he was not accepted or booked into the jail.