Washington State Casino-Goer Who Refuses to Isolate with TB Still at Large

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Washington State Casino-Goer Who Refuses to Isolate with TB Still at Large
Posted on: May 22, 2023, 11:29h.
Last updated on: May 22, 2023, 03:36h.

A Washington state woman known to frequent casinos and who refuses to isolate or take medication for tuberculosis (TB) remains at large, according to court documents.

That’s despite the best efforts of Pierce County, South of Seattle authorities to arrest the woman, who is identified in court filings only as “V.N.”

V.N. did not appear at a scheduled Pierce County Court hearing last week. A warrant has been out for her arrest since March 2, after she repeatedly ignored court orders to isolate.

Authorities want to detain V.N. for 45 days of testing and treatment so that she no longer poses a threat to the public, according to court filings. But Pierce County Sheriff’s Department officers have failed to locate her...​
Posted on: May 22, 2023, 11:29h.
Last updated on: May 22, 2023, 03:36h.

A Washington state woman known to frequent casinos and who refuses to isolate or take medication for tuberculosis (TB) remains at large, according to court documents.

That’s despite the best efforts of Pierce County, South of Seattle authorities to arrest the woman, who is identified in court filings only as “V.N.”

V.N. did not appear at a scheduled Pierce County Court hearing last week. A warrant has been out for her arrest since March 2, after she repeatedly ignored court orders to isolate.

Authorities want to detain V.N. for 45 days of testing and treatment so that she no longer poses a threat to the public, according to court filings. But Pierce County Sheriff’s Department officers have failed to locate her...​

 

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Tacoma woman arrested for refusing tuberculosis treatment released with conditions

June 24, 2023 at 4:06 pm
By Lauren Girgis
Seattle Times staff reporter

A Tacoma woman who was arrested for refusing treatment for active tuberculosis was released from jail Friday, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
She had been refusing treatment for over a year, according to the Health Department’s petition for detention.
Pierce County Judge Philip Sorenson issued a ruling Friday releasing the woman from the Pierce County Jail with conditions, including isolating at home under court supervision. The Health Department will continue providing the woman’s testing and treatment.
The Health Department had asked the court to keep the woman in jail for another 45 days, or require she isolate in her residence, determining voluntary isolation and treatment would be “inadequate to provide the measure of public protection necessary.”
Sorenson found the woman in civil contempt in February for refusing to comply with a court order to take medication or isolate. She was arrested and taken into custody June 1. She has been housed in a room “specially equipped for isolation, testing and treatment” at the Pierce County Jail.
The case is only the third time in the past 20 years the department has asked for a court order to detain someone refusing treatment for tuberculosis...

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...erculosis-treatment-released-with-conditions/