![Settlement Reached In 2011 New Orleans Inmate Suicide](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2014/01/78878416.jpg?w=300&h=200&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Settlement Reached In 2011 New Orleans Inmate Suicide
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A $1.75 million settlement has been reached between New Orleans jail officials and the siblings of a man who killed himself in the lockup in 2011.
The victim was 48-year-old William Goetzee, who authorities said was able to choke himself to death by shoving toilet paper in his mouth. A lawsuit in U.S. District Court said Goetzee was a Coast Guard employee who had suffered a mental breakdown after working on the 2010 BP oil spill and suffering through an automobile accident.
He was jailed after he tried to grab a gun from an officer outside a federal building.
The settlement came only days after another inmate killed himself at the long-troubled jail. Authorities said 61-year-old Cleveland Tumblin used jail clothing to hurt himself Saturday, and died on Monday.
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
More From News Talk 96.5 KPEL
![Police Car Submerges in Louisiana Bayou Following High-Speed Chase](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/07/attachment-michael-fortsch-y5LaV9IEC_g-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![These Are the 10 Laziest Cities in Louisiana, According to One Report](http://townsquare.media/site/182/files/2020/05/RS15674_518202003.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![These 2 Louisiana Hotels Named Among Best in the World](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/06/attachment-Maison-De-La-Luz-New-Orleans.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Orleans, Louisiana Has One of the 10 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in America](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2021/04/new-orleans-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![What Are the 7 Most Dangerous Animals in Louisiana?](http://townsquare.media/site/33/files/2021/11/attachment-Hemileuca_maia_0014195.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gigantic Snake, Other Illegal Animals Captured During Louisiana Mardi Gras](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/02/attachment-Untitled-design-91.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Orleans Jury Convicts Gang Leader Of Racketeering, Drug Plot](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2015/10/Judges-Gavel-iStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Former Juvenile Court Judge To Be Sentenced In February](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2015/10/Judges-Gavel-iStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Truck Crashes Through Louisiana Convenience Store, Injuries Unknown](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/07/attachment-451428443_875361657961063_9009058308210370374_n.jpg?w=980&q=75)