A man being held in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center has died after experiencing a medical emergency the day after Christmas, according to sheriff’s office.
It’s the fourth in-custody death of 2025, the sheriff’s office says.
The man has been identified as 42-year-old Jason Hicks, and he was being held at Detention Center-Central on East Fourth Street in uptown Charlotte, the sheriff’s office said in a Dec. 26 news release…