SALEM -- A Minotola man is getting $49,500 to settle his lawsuit alleging that officers at the Salem County Jail beat him, according to court documents.

Harold Jones, a diabetic and schizophrenic, claims that a medical episode he had while being held in the county jail was misinterpreted by guards, leading guard to allegedly assault him, his lawsuit against Salem County states.

The lawsuit stems from an incident on June 27, 2013 when Jones was driving his vehicle until it ran out of gas on U.S. Route 40, according to court documents.

Jones was reportedly sitting in his car on Route 40 when he was discovered to have an outstanding traffic warrant against him by New Jersey State Police.

Trooper J.J. Smith contacted Jones' sister and when the trooper was informed about his medical condition, he transported Jones' to Salem County Correctional Facility where Jones stayed for two days until he was transferred to The Memorial Hospital of Salem County.

Hospital staff said they observed Jones to be in an altered mental status with elevated blood sugars up to 1000, fractured ribs and injured toes, Jones alleged in the lawsuit.

"We make no admission of wrongdoing. The whole circumstance really is compounded by just the inability of the plaintiff to communicate their circumstance," Salem County solicitor Michael Mulligan said.

"Medical judgments depend on critical information provided by the patients," Mulligan added.

The county paid Jones $49,500 in the settlement on March 4 of this year.

"We settled it early in the proceedings and we were satisfied with the settlement," Joseph Grassi, attorney for Jones, said Thursday.

Sheriff Charles M. Miller and Warden Raymond C. Skradzinski were also named in the lawsuit.

Smith and New Jersey State Police were dismissed from the suit by Judge Noel L. Hillman on March 15, 2016.

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