The family of a Lynbrook man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Nassau County, alleging their loved one died of a fentanyl overdose while he was an inmate at the jail.
Ray Digiacomo, 45, was found unresponsive inside his cell on March 1, 2023, authorities had said. He was taken to Nassau County Medical Center, where he passed away, the suit states.
Digiacomo’s family alleges that Nassau County, the Sheriff’s office, the jail and corrections officer Javel Welch were “careless, reckless, acted willfully, wantonly and grossly negligent in failing to protect [the inmate] in allowing the presence of contraband into the prison, including the drugs … Fentanyl, Fluorofentanyl, Codeine, Norfentanyl, Morphine, Heroin and 6-Monoacetylmorphine, to be smuggled into the correctional facility,” court papers show.
The family also claims that jail officials failed to properly investigate the corrections officer and did not administer Naloxone, which reverses the effects of overdoses, or provide the proper medical aid to Digiacomo. They asked the court to award them $20 million for the loss of their loved one.
WHAT TO KNOW
- The family of a Lynbrook man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Nassau County, alleging their loved one died of a fentanyl overdose while he was an inmate at the jail.
- Ray Digiacomo, 45, was found unresponsive inside his cell on March 1, 2023, authorities had said. He was taken to Nassau County Medical Center, where he passed away, the suit states.
- The lawsuit also alleges jail officials failed to administer Naloxone, which reverses the effects of overdoses, or provide the proper medical aid to Digiacomo.
The sheriff’s department spokesman, Christopher Boyle, did not respond to several requests for comment.
Digiacomo had been incarcerated since the fall of 2022 after police arrested him for violating an order of protection when he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house, his mother, Barbara Goldstein,…
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