Incident Killing of Rolin Hill

Date	Jun 04, 2024
Report #	Killing of Rolin Hill
Department	Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office
Officers	Eric G. Baptiste , Michael Craig Kidd , Kevin Brian Wilson Jr
Address	Virginia Beach, VA
Tags	Jail Death \|

Incident Description

"Hill was arrested June 4 by Virginia Beach police on charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. He was taken to the jail after a magistrate denied him bond. Hill was 'uncooperative and combative' during the booking process and had to be restrained, according to the sheriff’s department. Less than a half hour after arriving at the jail, he experienced a 'medical emergency' and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. He died six days later."

The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide due to "positional and mechanical asphyxia due to restraint with neck and torso compression".

Links

3 former Virginia Beach sheriff’s deputies charged with murdering inmate
A special grand jury indicted Eric G. Baptiste, 39, of Virginia Beach; Michael C. Kidd, 39, of Chesapeake; and Kevin B. Wilson, 34, of Virginia Beach on second-degree murder charges, according to the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Baptiste also was indicted on five counts of assault, and Kidd on two counts of assault. The men are accused of causing the death of Rolin Hill, a 34-year-old Virginia Beach man who died several days after being taken to the jail on trespassing charges. - Jane Harper, Virginia Pilot