WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — An inmate at the Forsyth County Detention Center has died in custody on the same day they were arrested, according to a press release from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
On Friday evening, Michael Robert Smith, 45, was found unresponsive by FCDC staff. Despite CPR and resuscitative efforts, Smith could not be revived and was pronounced dead.
The sheriff’s office contacted the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to conduct its independent investigation into the incident, which is standard protocol…