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Investigation Launched After Inmate Dies In Custody At Bucks Jail: Coroner Investigation Launched After Inmate Dies In Custody At Bucks Jail: Coroner
Investigation Launched After Inmate Dies In Custody At Bucks Jail: Coroner A Philadelphia man died while in police custody at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on Monday, Dec.18, authorities revealed.  Edward Hatch, a 46-year-old Philadelphia resident, was found unresponsive in his cell early Monday morning, said Coroner Meredith Buck in a release.  An autopsy on Tuesday, Dec. 19 "showed no overt evidence of external trauma" and the cause and manner of his death are still under investigation, Buck said.  Bucks County Correctional Facility, 1730 S. Easton Road, Doylestown Google Maps (Street View) Authorities said Hatch had been in cus…

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by Mac Bullock
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Woman Died In Police Custody From 'Natural' Causes, Bucks Coroner Says Woman Died In Police Custody From 'Natural' Causes, Bucks Coroner Says
Woman Died In Police Custody From 'Natural' Causes, Bucks Coroner Says The 48-year-old Philadelphia woman who died at the Bucks County Correctional Facility last month passed from "natural" causes, officials have announced.  Melissia Mager of Frankford Avenue died of a perforated duodenal ulcer at a Doylestown Hospital emergency room on March 1, and her autopsy "showed no evidence of external trauma or foul play," said county Coroner Meredith Buck in a statement.  Mager was taken into custody on a bench warrant by Bristol Township police late on Feb. 24, the department has previously said.  Mager was in custody at the Bucks County Correctional Facility in…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds
Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Newark police bore no responsibility in the death from heart disease of a 73-year-old man who collapsed in the back seat of a patrol car, a state grand jury has found. Juan Restrepo of Summit had been taken into custody by officers who'd responded to a report of an intoxicated man behind the wheel of a vehicle on June 15, 2020, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. “He was then transported to [an] NJ TRANSIT station, where officials attempted to obtain a Breathalyzer reading,” the attorney general said. “A reading was not able to be obtained.” Restrepo “was subsequent…

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by Jerry DeMarco