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Daryl Mahoney, 51, survived a previous attempt at the county jail following his arrest in March. This time, as before, it was by hanging, authorities confirmed.
Mahoney was rushed from the jail on South River Street to nearby Hackensack University Medical Center shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, multiple sources said.
He remained in critical condition before being pronounced dead late Friday, they said.
Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton couldn't immediately be reached for comment Saturday night.
Mahoney, who grew up in Wallington and had worked for the county since 2015, had been ordered held pending trial on two counts each of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment following his arrest nine months ago.
Detectives accused him of assaulting one of the girls several times, both in Bergen County and in New York State, county Prosecutor Mark Musella said at the time.
It was during an investigation involving that girl that investigators from his Special Victims Unit identified another, the prosecutor said.
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