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PINELLAS COUNTY----The death toll at the Pinellas County Jail this year has risen to eight.
Two more inmates have died while in the custody of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department.
Officials have conducting what they have labeled a "routine investigation" by the Sheriff's crimes Against Persons unit following the deaths of two more inmates who died at St. Petersburg Hospital.
Blaine Everett, 46, with no permanent address died Nov. 26 after he was admitted to the hospital on Nov. 25. Everett had been booked into the jail on April 29 on unknown charges. He had been admitted to the hospital thrice previously.
Lorenzo Ellison, 36, of Palm Harbor, died Nov. 24 after being admitted to the hospital on Nov. 13. He had been in custody since Nov. 2.
The sheriff's department said that both inmates were being treated for pre-existing illnesses which required hospitalization. 11-27-06
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