Caroline A. Ouko, the mother of 28-year-old Irvo Noel Otieno stands at the pulpit speaking during her son’s funeral at First Baptist Church of South Richmond in North Chesterfield County Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Standing with her is her eldest son, left, Leon Ochieng, Rev. Al Sharpton and Atty. Benjamin Crump.
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Family of Irvo Otieno agrees to $8.5M settlement
The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state and the county and sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining him. A judge approved the out-of-court wrongful death settlement Tuesday, according to an agreement filed in Henrico County Circuit Court.
