Overview

• Jail videos and logs produced by the Sheriff’s Department show deputies watching YouTube and eating as required checks came due, according to the family’s attorneys.
• Attorneys allege mandated Title 15 welfare checks were falsified, citing a sergeant’s report that appeared to confirm skipped or “burned” rounds.
• Maxwell Aguirre, 22, attempted to hang himself on Sept. 22, 2023, was taken to a hospital on life support for a week, and later died.
• The parents are asking the LA County district attorney and the California attorney general to pursue criminal charges and to revoke the deputies’ peace officer certifications.
• The Sheriff’s Department issued a statement stressing inmate safety and noting possible administrative penalties for policy violations, with 45 in-custody deaths reported in 2023 and 38 so far this year.