Detainee Dies at Rikers, the Fifth Fatality in 2 Weeks in N.Y.C. Lockups

The authorities said the man had a seizure. The previous death, of a pedicab driver held in a precinct cell, has been ruled a suicide.

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N.Y.C. Man Is at Least Fourth Person to Die in Custody in Just Over a Week

A Turkish-born pedicab driver who was arrested on Friday night was found unconscious and unresponsive in a police station house cell. He later died at Bellevue Hospital.

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