Salt Lake County prosecutors declined to file charges against the police officer who was escorting a man down a set of stairs when that man fell over the railing and later died.
District Attorney Sim Gill outlined his reasoning in a letter sent Tuesday to Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown and Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera, saying evidence shows no one contributed to Robert Martinez’s death but himself.
Martinez, 38, died about two weeks after he fell headfirst off a set of stairs during his arrest on April 7. Police were called to his home that night at 204 E.