UPDATE, 5/4, 9:12 a.m.: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office update on Tabbytite’s condition:

On Saturday, 05-02-2015 at 1:00 p.m. Tabbytite was released from the hospital and is back in custody at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Tabbytite was placed in a safety cell and is currently being monitored by mental health and Correctional Deputies.

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Original Post: From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On 04-30-2015 at about 10:57 a.m. a Senior Correctional Deputy was conducting normal routine cell checks inside the Humboldt County Correctional Facility when he discovered an inmate hanging by his neck with a bed sheet in his cell. The Correctional Deputy immediately called for assistance from medical staff and other Correctional Deputies.

The inmate was immediately removed from the hanging bed sheet and first aid was immediately rendered by medical staff. Correctional staff called 9-1-1 and the Eureka Fire Department and an ambulance responded to the Correctional Facility. The inmate was transported by an ambulance to a local hospital under guard by a Correctional Deputy.

The inmate has been identified as 33 year old, Benaiah Stephen Tabbytite, who was arrested yesterday by the Eureka Police Department for two bank robberies in Eureka. Tabbytite bail was set at $230,000 dollars.

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