Officials Say Henley Faked Suicide Attempt

Darryl Henley, former Ram football star and convicted cocaine trafficker, faked a suicide attempt in jail here after learning that he faced two more drug trafficking charges and allegations that he plotted the assassination of a federal judge, according to the U.S. Marshal’s office in San Bernardino.

Guards at the San Bernardino county jail, where Henley was moved two weeks ago after he was caught in a sting operation, found him on the floor of his cell May 25 with a makeshift rope, made of pieces of clothing, tied around his neck, as if he had tried to hang himself, according to Deputy U. S. Marshal Gilbert Garcia.

Jail guards speculated that Henley faked the suicide attempt so that he would be transferred from the small individual cell where he is being held to the cells occupied by the general jail population.