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Inmate At SD County Jail Dies After Found Hanging In Cell

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in southeast South Dakota say an inmate at a county jail died at a hospital Wednesday after he was found hanging in his cell.

Minnehaha County Chief Deputy Sheriff Michelle Boyd says inmate Phillip Sean Bland was found hanging from his bedsheets shortly after midnight. Boyd says Bland still had a pulse when he was found and medical staff performed CPR on him.

He was pronounced death less than an hour later at a local hospital.

Bland was scheduled to face trial later this month for various charges including first-degree robbery, possession of marijuana and discharge of a firearm. He was in custody on a $200,000 cash bond.

The Sioux Falls resident was arrested in December in connection with a 31-pound marijuana theft and a subsequent gun battle.

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