A Utah man arrested for an unpaid medical medical bill was found dead in a jail cell not long after he was taken into custody.
Rex Iverson, 45, of Bear River City was arrested on J
anuary 23 after an arrest warrant was issued following his failure to pay an outstanding $2,376.92 bill from an ambulance ride in 2013.
He was taken to the Box Elder County Jail in Brigham and died shortly after being alone in a holding cell, according to the Standard Examiner.
The Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that after Iverson was placed in a holding cell alone, a deputy spoke to him around 1.10pm to determine if he would be able to post bail.
About 30 minutes later when the deputy returned to start the booking process, he was found unresponsive.
Deputies at the scene attempted lifesaving efforts before Iverson was transported to the Brigham City Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
On December 24, 2013, Iverson had incurred the ambulance bill and was ordered to pay the bill after Tremonton City won a justice court small claims judgment against him in September 2014.
However, the bill went unpaid and court records show he ignored court orders to appear, according to the Standard Examiner.
Sharri Oyler, the Tremonton City Treasurer, said that by last year, the city had exhausted avenues for collecting the payment including an attempt to extort his wages through his employer.
However, they were not aware of him having a job, she told the Standard Examiner.
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