Border Patrol agent died of cocaine overdose a month after Long Beach arrest, autopsy says

"A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was found dead in a Riverside County home earlier this year following an arrest in Long Beach overdosed on cocaine and was dealing with depression, according to an autopsy report made public Tuesday. Isaiah Hodgson, 29, was found dead in his bedroom in Hemet in late August with white "powder-like residue" near him, according to investigative documents released by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office in response to a public records request from The Times."

"Authorities ruled Hodgson's death to be accidental and found three plastic bindles, which are normally used to hold drugs, in his stomach, according to the coroner's report. Riverside County sheriff's officials previously said there were no signs of foul play at the scene, and the report confirmed Hodgson had not sustained any injuries or defensive wounds. His official cause of death was described as "cocaine toxicity.""

"In early July, Hodgson was arrested in Long Beach for fighting with city police. Prosecutors charged Hodgson with three counts of resisting arrest, one count of battery causing injury to a police officer and several misdemeanor weapons offenses after he scuffled with officers responding to a restaurant in the Shoreline Village. Staff had kicked Hodgson out, reporting he drunkenly wandered into the women's restroom while armed with a handgun."

Isaiah Hodgson, 29, was found dead in his Hemet bedroom in late August with white "powder-like residue" nearby. Autopsy determined the cause of death as cocaine toxicity and ruled the death accidental. Three plastic bindles were found in his stomach. Hodgson had been arrested in early July in Long Beach after scuffling with police at a Shoreline Village restaurant and faced charges including resisting arrest, battery causing injury to an officer, and misdemeanor weapons offenses. Family members told authorities Hodgson was "not suicidal." Riverside County investigators found no signs of foul play or defensive wounds.

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