Crime & Safety
Man Dies in Lawnside Police Custody, Prosecutor Investigating
Rodney Terry of Williamstown died after being arrested following a disturbance in Lawnside Thursday evening.
The Camden County Prosecutor's Office is looking into how a man in Lawnside Police custody died Thursday evening.
Rodney Terry, 47, of Williamstown, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. after police saw him throwing rocks and yelling at a home on Charleston Avenue in Lawnside, according to the prosecutor's office.
Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the prosecutor, provided the following account:
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Police handcuffed Terry and place him in the rear of a police cruiser. The officers called Emergency Medical Services because of Terry's behavior.
When EMTs removed Terry from the vehicle, he wasn't breathing.
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Terry was pronounced dead at Kennedy University Hospital in Stratford at 7:53 p.m. Thursday.
The prosecutor’s office will release the cause and manner of Terry’s death when it's available, Laughlin said.
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