Mr. Graziano was being held for a parole violation.
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Police say two of the six inmates who suffered apparent drug overdoses at a county jail have been accused of promoting contraband in connection with the case.
The four inmates who were the latest to get sick were taken to Westchester Medical Center, Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O’Leary said.
“They were all in the same cell block area (before the incident)”, O’Leary told CBS News.
Lombard, Mariela Freelance NYDN Prison officials placed the 1,600-inmate facility on lockdown Sunday after six inmates had to be rushed to the hospital, according to reports.
Two inmates were said to have been in a critical condition when they arrived at the hospital.
Mr. odd was being held at the jail for a second-degree assault charge, according to Mr. O’Leary.
James Graziano, 30, from Mount Pleasant, N.Y., was accused of possessing a plastic bottle altered for use as a pipe, police said.
Calls to Legal Aid, which provides legal representation to poor people including inmates, were not immediately returned.
Police are investigating what drug the prisoners may have used and how they may have may have maneuvered it into the jail.
The jail was in lockdown, and drug-detecting dogs had been sent in, O’Leary said.
While it is unclear what substance the inmates ingested, Mr. Pruyne said synthetic marijuana hasn’t been a problem in the jail.
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The jail’s medical director was also brought in to check up on inmates.
