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09-08-2002, 12:55 PM
September 8, 2002
Inmate Dies After Stabbing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
n inmate was stabbed to death yesterday in the Sing Sing prison yard in Westchester County, authorities said.
The inmate, Robert Brown, 33, was stabbed once in the neck and was bleeding when he approached a guard at 9:30 a.m., said James Flateau, spokesman for the State Department of Correctional Services.
Mr. Brown was rushed to Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, where he died an hour later.
The prison remained locked down while correction officials and the New York State Police investigated.
Mr. Brown began serving a 5- to 15-year sentence for first-degree robbery in 1988. He was paroled in September 1994, but returned as a parole violator a year later.
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Inmate Dies After Stabbing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
n inmate was stabbed to death yesterday in the Sing Sing prison yard in Westchester County, authorities said.
The inmate, Robert Brown, 33, was stabbed once in the neck and was bleeding when he approached a guard at 9:30 a.m., said James Flateau, spokesman for the State Department of Correctional Services.
Mr. Brown was rushed to Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, where he died an hour later.
The prison remained locked down while correction officials and the New York State Police investigated.
Mr. Brown began serving a 5- to 15-year sentence for first-degree robbery in 1988. He was paroled in September 1994, but returned as a parole violator a year later.
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