When Jeff Fry walked into the Lorain County jail on May 12, he was facing a misdemeanor bench warrant. He had no idea he’d leave the facility on a stretcher with permanent injuries.
“My head snapped back and that was it,” said Fry as he sat with his left arm in a sling, outside a friend’s home.
Fry said he spent two weeks in the hospital and another four months in a nursing facility recovering from what happened inside the jail that day.
His lawyer said Fry’s injuries included a broken neck and permanent spinal cord damage.
Now the FBI is investigating, and Fry’s lawyer is preparing a lawsuit, but as far as News 5 investigators could tell, no discipline was ever meted out, and the officer responsible is still on the job.
The 58-year-old Fry said he doesn’t remember much of the incident with a corrections officer that led to the injuries, but said he didn’t deserve what happened that day.
The emotions it brings up were evidenced by the tears that welled up in his eyes when asked about it.
Hellbound and Down 