Crime & Safety

Man Dies In NYPD Custody At NYC Courthouse

Additional details into the incident has not been released.

NEW YORK CITY — A man died in police custody at Manhattan Criminal Court over the weekend, police said on Monday.

The incident happened on March 22 around 6:45 p.m. inside 100 Centre Street.

Emergency personnel took a 51-year-old man to New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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The man has been identified as Vincent Thomas. Additional details into the incident has not been released.

An investigation remains ongoing.

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