SBI, others will review inmate death
Published: Sun, Mar. 23, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Sun, Mar. 23, 2008 02:25AM
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closeCASTLE HAYNE -- Authorities say prosecutors and the State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the death of a man who was being held in the New Hanover County Detention Facility.
The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office said 20-year-old Andrew Michael Helms of Charlotte was found dead in his cell Saturday morning.
Helms had been in jail since Feb. 8, awaiting trial on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
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The sheriff's office also said the district attorney's office was investigating.
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