POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — A LaGrangeville man committed suicide in the Dutchess County Jail where he was being held after being accused of robbing a Town of Poughkeepsie bank. A corrections officer found Nicholas J. Salfelder, 33, who tried to hang himself with a bed sheet late Thursday.
He was taken to a local hospital and died around 6 p.m. Friday, the Poughkeepsie Journal said.
The jail's medical personnel were assigned to watch Salfelder because of alcohol and drug dependency.
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Jail officials said there will be a review of the incident.
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