L.A. County deputy was found dead with meth pipe after double shift, autopsy shows
LA TimesA roll of police tape is left on the windshield of Los Angeles County sheriff’s vehicle. A Los Angeles County deputy who died in April from methamphetamine use had high levels of the drug in his body when he was found unresponsive inside a sheriff’s station bathroom after working a double shift, according to a death report released late Wednesday. On the evening of April 27, the report shows, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detective called the county medical examiner to report an “apparent natural death” after Deputy Jonathan Stewart was found dead in a bathroom stall with white powder and drug paraphernalia. California South L.A. deputy died from ‘effects of methamphetamine,’ medical examiner finds More than a month after the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced the “unexpected passing” of a deputy, medical examiner records now show he died from the effects of methamphetamine. Last week, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner determined the 41-year-old’s death was due to “effects of methamphetamine” and deemed it accidental instead of natural.
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