Reese said the Coroner's representative, who had seen the footage, told him that Lane was tased while he was naked "in the front and back." The report notes that Lane later became "uncompliant and combative" with deputies at the SCDC.Īndy Reese said an official from the Coroner's Office visited his home Monday morning and told him his son was dead. Lane complied with the arrest and told the deputy he ran because "he was scared." The Sheriff's Office incident report for Lane's arrest states that when a Sheriff's Deputy tried to detain him at around 10:20 pm Sunday for walking in the middle of Chesnee Highway, diagonally to Cleveland Chapel Rd., Lane uttered a profanity and fled on foot into a section of woods before surrendering with his hands up. Sunday for violating South Carolina statute 56-05-3160 - Pedestrian in the Street. Lane's SCDC's booking information said he was booked at 11 p.m. She added that she last talked to Lane Sunday, the day of his arrest. He had been staying at the Midway Residential Care Facility in Moore.īeverly Lane-Reese said she and the family moved from Brooklyn twelve years ago. They questioned why Lane was dead within hours of being booked, and said no one from the Sheriff's Office has reached out to them since his death.Īccording to the family, Lane had been in South Carolina for fifteen days after relocating from Brooklyn, New York. Lane's mother, Beverly Lane-Reese father, Andy Reese and his sisters, Roxann and Andrea Thomas, were among those present outside the SCDC Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff's Office demands footage, answers
Candace Brewer, National President of RJN.ĭays Prior: Family of man killed by Greenville Co. "Death requires responsibility," added Dr. Too many mothers are crying, fathers are crying other their loved ones dying in South Carolina." "We are not jumping to conclusions about anything, but we want transparency, and we want it now. "We want to see the video, and we want to see it right away," Elder James Johnson, CEO of RJN, said. The family also promised to host a protest in front of the SCDC in one week if footage was not released. Those who spoke challenged the Sheriff's Office and SLED to immediately release the body cam and security footage if they have nothing to hide regarding Lane's death. View Gallery: press conference about Lane's death at the Spartanburg County Detention. The family's attorney, Rasheda Robinson of Thomason & Pracht LLP, and members of the National Racial Justice Network (RJN), a civil rights organization that is assisting the family in pursuit of answers in Lane's death, were also present Wednesday. "Transparency" and "accountability" were repeated by Lane's family during a press conference in front of the detention center Wednesday afternoon. Click here for our latest subscription offers. The Herald-Journal depends on digital subscribers to cover public safety in Spartanburg County. The Sheriff's Office rejected the Herald-Journal's FOIA request, citing an active investigation, and declined a request for comment about the nature of Lane's death and what transpired after his arrest late on Sunday Oct. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with SLED and the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office for all information and footage relevant to Lane's arrest and subsequent death.
He said Thursday morning the results would be complete in about 6-8 weeks. by the Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger's Office, who said an investigation is pending with SLED.Ĭlevenger said Monday evening that an autopsy was performed earlier in the day and the current results were pending microscopic analysis and toxicology reading.
Lavell Najah Lane, 29, was pronounced dead on Monday at 5:04 a.m. The family of an inmate who died Monday at Spartanburg County Detention Center (SCDC) questioned the nature of the man's death and want footage released related to the incident. Lane at the Spartanburg Detention Center.
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