{"id":90925,"date":"2019-12-23T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=90925"},"modified":"2019-12-23T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:48:33","slug":"officials-investigating-death-of-inmate-at-lancaster-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/12\/23\/officials-investigating-death-of-inmate-at-lancaster-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials investigating death of inmate at Lancaster prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_21897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21897\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21897\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Lancaster-State-Prison-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Lancaster-State-Prison-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Lancaster-State-Prison.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[File]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at a state prison facility in Lancaster as a possible homicide committed by a fellow inmate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timothy Johnson<\/strong>, 55, was found applying pressure to his bleeding neck at the California State Prison at around 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Staff called an ambulance, which took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:45 p.m, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Officials identified fellow inmate, <strong>Noel Mayorga<\/strong>, 44, as a suspect in the homicide, authorities said. Mayorga is being held in segregated housing pending an investigation into the death, according to the CDCR.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorga is serving 32 years and eight months for two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, a second-strike offense, and two counts of DUI resulting in great bodily injury or death to more than one victim, according to the CDCR.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was serving life in prison with the possibility of parole for first-degree burglary and second-degree burglary, a second-strike offense, the CDCR reported.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is being handled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, the Los Angeles County District Attorney&#8217;s Office and the California State Prison, Los Angeles County Investigative Services Unit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at a state prison facility in Lancaster as a possible homicide committed by a fellow inmate. Timothy Johnson, 55, was found applying pressure to his bleeding neck at the California State Prison at around 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Staff called an ambulance, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":21897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}