Critically ill woman no longer in sheriff’s custody

A mother who was stopped by deputies from visiting her critically ill daughter at the hospital is finally getting to see her again, her daughter’s lawyers say.

A Broward judge ordered Monday that the BrowardSheriff’s Office release 26-year-old Kristin Carare, under supervision at Broward HealthNorth, from its custody.

That means Carare’s mother, LucyMoss, will get to see her daughter after she was denied several times by deputies, the Public Defender’sOffice said. “Shecan be with her mother and hopefully health will follow,” Broward Public DefenderHoward Finkelstein said.

Originally fromCleveland, Carare most recently lived in Pompano Beach, according to police reports. Deputies arrested her in September on three drug possession charges.

While in county custody, Carare fell ill and was taken to the hospital on June 26, said Lien Lafargue, Carare’s public defender.

Moss immediately flew down from Ohio. She had gotten to visit her daughter a few times initially, but deputies stopped allowing her in, Lafargue said.

OnSunday, Mosswas granted visitation privileges via an emergency court order, but deputies again denied her entrance, citing security concerns, Lafargue said.

“The Sheriff's Office had already made accommodations for her mother butwasn’twilling to accommodate her any further even though [Carare] was in critical condition,” Lafargue said.

The situation was “uncommon,” Broward Sheriff spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion said in an email. Protocol normally does not allow any visits while inmates are hospitalized, she added.

“Due to the circumstances, we allowed her two” visits, Concepcion said.

And being out of custody also presents its own problems since Carare is still ill, Finkelstein said. County supervision means medical costs fall to the Sheriff’s Office, but now they're off the hook, Finkelstein said.

“When you’re poor, you go for detox and treatment in jail,” Finkelstein said. “For some people they are better being in jail, getting substandard care, than being out of jail and getting no care.”

Carare’s lawyer declined to say the nature of Carare’s illness, but as ofMonday afternoon, she stillwas in the hospital.

Funeral services were held Friday for Edwin Ramos Jarquin Armas, who died after being struck by lightning whileworking at a construction site in Pembroke Pines.

Jarquin, 33, ofMiami, wasworking on the City Center project at 103rd Avenue and Pines Boulevard in Pembroke Pines when he was hit on Tuesday, according to officials.

He was taken to Memorial RegionalHospital inHollywood, where he later died, Pembroke Pines police said.

Jarquin’s identity was confirmed by the Broward Medical Examiner’s office and his brother, Byron Jarquin Armas, of Miami.

Asecondmanwas also takento the hospital after the strike, although he did not appear to be directly hit, authorities said. The name of the injured person has not been released.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident.

A native ofNicaragua, Jarquin had been working in the U.S. for about eight years, according to his brother.

Staff writer Brian Ballou contributed to this story.