31-year-old dies in Tarrant County Jail after suffering medical emergency, officials say
A 31-year-old man died at the Tarrant County Jail on Friday, Dec. 27, after suffering a medical emergency, officials said.
Mason Andrew Yancy was pronounced dead shortly after 10:30 p.m., according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s website. His cause and manner of death are pending.
The inmate was treated by medical staff at the jail after experiencing some type of emergency in custody, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Saturday. He died a short time later.
Yancy was taken into custody by Grapevine police Dec. 23 on charges of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to the release. He was seen by medical staff while in custody and booked into the Tarrant County Jail on Dec. 24.
“During the medical interview at intake, the inmate disclosed a long history of medical issues,” officials said in the release. “The inmate was scheduled for a medical and mental health evaluation and placed on detox protocol.”
Yancy was being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $2,500 bond, according to court records.
All in-custody deaths are reviewed and investigated by several agencies, including the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office jail staff and Criminal Investigations Division, the Medical Examiner’s Office, an outside law enforcement agency, JPS medical staff, the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
This story was originally published December 28, 2024 at 1:59 PM.
