A former sheriff’s deputy is accused of pouring scalding water on a mentally ill inmate at a Southern California jail earlier this year, causing first- and second-degree burns that weren't treated for more than six hours, authorities say.
The former Orange County sheriff’s deputy, Guadalupe Ortiz, 47, was charged with two felonies — assault or battery by a public officer and battery with serious bodily injury, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said in a news release.
District Attorney Todd Spitzer blamed Ortiz in a statement for “inflicting unnecessary harm on a mentally ill inmate out of frustration.”The DA's office said the incident occurred April 1, when Ortiz was working at a jail in Santa Ana, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles. More than six hours later, the inmate — whose arms were peeling — asked a different deputy for medical help.
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