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Inmate Found Dead In Allegheny County Jail

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- An inmate was found dead in Allegheny County Jail on Saturday evening.

Police said on Sunday that 39-year-old Joel Valasquez-Reyes was pronounced dead just after 8 p.m. Saturday after an incident that happened just before 7:45 p.m.

The cause of death has not yet been released, and details on the incident were not provided.

Valasquez-Reyes was arrested last month in connection to two bank robberies. Authorities said he robbed a Dollar Bank on the South Side in April, and he also robbed the Community Bank in Brookline.

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