Bail bond worker identified as victim after deadly fight at downtown jail, Sacramento police say

The Sacramento Police Department the man who died after an altercation said Tuesday that broke out outside the downtown Sacramento County Main Jail was an employee of a bail bond company and that the assault suspect was taken into custody.

Officers were called after 4 a.m. Monday to the 500 block of I Street, outside the bail bond offices directly across from the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse. Two men began fighting and each was injured, according to archived radio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.

Kevin Brace, 56, died from his injuries at the scene. He worked at Greg Padilla Bail Bonds, police said.

Investigators arrested a “person of interest” Monday in connection with the fight. Jacob Levi Mandell, 38, was jailed Tuesday and faces a murder charge, according to jail records.

It was unclear why the two were fighting or if they were acquaintances. Police declined to give a motive for the attack, and Brace's employer declined to comment on the death.

Mandell, who is being held without bail, is expected to be arraigned Wednesday.