U.S. Bank robbery suspect that attempted suicide still in ICU

According to HCSO's Lt. Wayne Hanson, the last he heard, Benaiah Tabbytite is still in ICU.

Press-Release:

On 04-30-2015 at about 10:57 a.m. a Senior Correctional Deputy was conducting normal routine cell checks inside the Humboldt County Correctional Facility when he discovered an inmate hanging by his neck with a bed sheet in his cell. The Correctional Deputy immediately called for assistance from medical staff and other Correctional Deputies.

The inmate was immediately removed from the hanging bed sheet and first aid was immediately rendered by medical staff. Correctional staff called 9-1-1 and the Eureka Fire Department and an ambulance responded to the Correctional Facility. The inmate was transported by an ambulance to a local hospital under guard by a Correctional Deputy.

The inmate has been identified as 33 year old, Benaiah Stephen Tabbytite, who was arrested yesterday by the Eureka Police Department for two bank robberies in Eureka. Tabbytite bail was set at $230,000 dollars.

Tabbytite is currently in critical condition at a local hospital. This incident is being investigated by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office. Tabbytite was housed in a two man cell by himself.