The rash of deaths on Rikers Island continued on Wednesday, when a man died after experiencing an apparent medical crisis in the jail complex that has claimed the lives of three people over the last two weeks.
The man, whose name was not immediately released by the Department of Correction but was reported by THE CITY as Carlos Cruz, allegedly had a seizure around 7:49 p.m. on Wednesday while being held in the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers. The DOC did not respond to multiple requests from the Eagle to confirm the detainee’s name.
Officers called doctors and medics to the housing area but the man was pronounced dead at the scene less than hour after being found, according to the DOC…