Michigan Prison Inmate Dies After Eating Peanut Butter Sandwich
Monday, April 21, 2008
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STANTON, Mich. — An inmate with a peanut allergy has died after eating a peanut butter sandwich at the Montcalm County Jail, the sheriff there said Monday.
Sheriff Bill Barnwell told The Daily News of Greenville 30-year-old Paul Anthony Thurston of Greenville died Sunday afternoon at Sheridan Community Hospital.
Barnwell says Greenville police arrested Thurston that morning on a charge of assault and battery.
The sheriff told the paper that Thurston didn't mention peanuts when he was asked while being booked whether he had any allergies.
Barnwell told WOOD-TV and WWMT-TV there will be an internal investigation.
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