HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was in police custody in Haverstraw.
A county medical examiner planned to perform an autopsy of the 42-year-old Spring Valley man on Sunday.
Haverstraw village police are withholding the man's name pending notification of his family. The man was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Haverstraw Police Lt. John Hickey says the man was being fingerprinted at police headquarters when he appeared to have a seizure. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe says an initial review indicates no wrongdoing by police.
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