Oxford Police prevent attempted jail suicide

Oxford police say they prevented a Talladega County woman from hanging herself in the city jail Friday evening.

According to Chief Bill Partridge the 26-year-old woman was back at home after being released from Regional Medical Center on Sunday.

Partridge said the woman was arrested Friday after shoplifting at a local business and charged with second-degree theft, resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer and interfering with government operations.

"She was booked into the city jail ... and then they caught her trying to hang herself.

Partridge said the woman was immediately sent to RMC for treatment.

Partridge said the State Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate the incident, as they would be for any suicide or suicide attempt at the jail. Partridge said all of the department's jailing procedures were followed correctly in regards to the attempted suicide.