On November 25, 2020, Andrew Cremers (59 years old) passed away at a Treasure Valley Hospital with Corona-virus, Cremers was booked into the Payette County Detention Facility on October 28, 2020. He was booked in on one felony and two misdemeanor warrants from Payette County and one felony warrant from Wisconsin. On November 20, 2020, Cremers started to show symptoms of corona-virus and was transported to a local hospital for care. During the time that Cremers has been in custody, he has had limited contact with other inmates within the facility. He had one other inmate in his cell at the time that his symptoms appeared. That inmate is currently being quarantined and is not showing symptoms of Corona-virus.
The Payette County Sheriff’s Office has been continuing to conduct daily screenings of all inmates throughout our facility. These screenings are monitoring the inmate’s temperatures as well as other common Corona-virus symptoms. Inmates needing medical care are seen by either our facility doctor or the Payette County Paramedics.
The Payette County Sheriff’s Office is currently working with Southwest District Health to bring testing capability to our detention facility. This will give our detention facility the ability to test symptomatic inmates and staff for Corona-virus. The results of the tests would be immediately available. This testing capability would allow our detention facility to respond to Corona-virus concerns in a quicker manner and limit the spread of Corona-virus throughout the facility.
