Fighting the Good Fight in Virginia Beach Against Three Jolly Stolles
Douglas Poole
But thereâs tragedy  too. On November 7  2010   Mr. Douglas Poole  died in the Virginia Beach jail.  He  had spent ten days there after being arrested for driving with a suspended license.  Mr. Poole  suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and had  his  medications with  him   but was denied both  his  blood pressure medication (and  initially   his  insulin) and medical treatment by jail and medical staff.  Douglas Poole  was 54 years old  the father of three and grandfather of five. The medical staff were employees of a for-profit medical care company  Conmed Health Management  which had been awarded the Virginia Beach contract by Ken Stolle in 2010 after donating to his campaign. Hereâs a description of  Douglas Pooleâs  suffering and death from the decision in the lawsuit filed by  his  sister.
 Plaintiff  has pleaded sufficient facts to show that jail employees may have violated plaintiffâs constitutional rights. Indeed  that  Mr. Poole  had known serious medical issues  that  he  was never provided  his  blood pressure medication  that  he  was turned away after complaining of headaches  sudden blindness  and an inability to walk  and that  his  care was so direly neglected that  he  ultimately died from lack of treatment may be sufficient to satisfy the low threshold of Rule 8(a)(2) in proving that jail staff acted indifferently toward  Mr. Pooleâs  serious medical need.
Conmed  which according to the same legal decision had retained nearly all of the medical and nursing staff of the prior healthcare company  which itself had also come under scrutiny for providing sub-par medical care to inmates  ended up settling with the family out of court for $300 000. In 2011 and 2012  Conmed increased its annual donations from $1 000 to $2 500. Thatâs right   Douglas Poole âs days of suffering and entirely preventable death did not cause Stolle to end the contract or refuse donations from Conmed.
Now contrast the  Douglas Poole  tragedy with the crime of Kenneth Stolle  Jr.  Ken Stolleâs son and a Sheriffâs Deputy in Chesapeake. He was arrested for a DUI hit-and-run in Virginia Beach and got off with a $250 fine. Dadâs the Sheriff  Uncle Colinâs the county prosecutor: Connections can be the difference between life and death in Virginia Beach.
But thereâs tragedy  too. On November 7  2010    [TGT] died in the Virginia Beach jail.   [TGT]   had spent ten days there after being arrested for driving with a suspended license.   [TGT] suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and had   [TGT]   medications with   [TGT]    but was denied both   [TGT]   blood pressure medication (and  initially    [TGT]   insulin) and medical treatment by jail and medical staff.   [TGT] was 54 years old  the father of three and grandfather of five. The medical staff were employees of a for-profit medical care company  Conmed Health Management  which had been awarded the Virginia Beach contract by Ken Stolle in 2010 after donating to his campaign. Hereâs a description of  Douglas Pooleâs  suffering and death from the decision in the lawsuit filed by  his  sister.
 Plaintiff  has pleaded sufficient facts to show that jail employees may have violated plaintiffâs constitutional rights. Indeed  that   [TGT] had known serious medical issues  that   [TGT]   was never provided   [TGT]   blood pressure medication  that   [TGT]   was turned away after complaining of headaches  sudden blindness  and an inability to walk  and that   [TGT]   care was so direly neglected that   [TGT]   ultimately died from lack of treatment may be sufficient to satisfy the low threshold of Rule 8(a)(2) in proving that jail staff acted indifferently toward  Mr. Pooleâs  serious medical need.
Conmed  which according to the same legal decision had retained nearly all of the medical and nursing staff of the prior healthcare company  which itself had also come under scrutiny for providing sub-par medical care to inmates  ended up settling with the family out of court for $300 000. In 2011 and 2012  Conmed increased its annual donations from $1 000 to $2 500. Thatâs right    [TGT]  âs days of suffering and entirely preventable death did not cause Stolle to end the contract or refuse donations from Conmed.
Now contrast  [TGT] tragedy with the crime of Kenneth Stolle  Jr.  Ken Stolleâs son and a Sheriffâs Deputy in Chesapeake. He was arrested for a DUI hit-and-run in Virginia Beach and got off with a $250 fine. Dadâs the Sheriff  Uncle Colinâs the county prosecutor: Connections can be the difference between life and death in Virginia Beach.