Brookline Jail Inmate's Death Ruled Suicide

PITTSBURGH, PA - The inmate found dead at the Allegheny County Jail on Saturday committed suicide, the county medical examiner's office announced.

Joel Valasquez-Reyes, 39, of Brookline, committed suicide by hanging

Valasquez-Reyes was charged with holding up at gunpoint the Dollar Bank on East Carson Street in April and the Community Bank on Brookline Boulevard last month. He was charged with robbery, carrying a firearm
without a license, criminal conspiracy and reckless endangerment.

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